WIZD(8)

💖 WIZD(8) — the typo-correcting bestie from the System Manager's Manual 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the WIZD(8) page from the System Manager's Manual. This is literally all about wizd, the little icon who fixes your man-page typos. No cap.

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✨ NAME ✨

wizd — automatically correct typographical errors in man pages 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

bestie, the whole invocation is just:

wizd

That’s the entire synopsis — just vibes, periodt.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

wizd automatically checks and corrects spelling errors, usage problems with mdoc(7) macros, and other typographical errors in man pages. It’s giving “proofreader with main character energy” — but for man pages.

wizd is invoked by any cvs(1) commit to a man page. So every time someone commits a man page, wizd gets pulled into the group chat.

wizd also performs periodic sanity checks on the distribution set lists. E-mail alerts will be triggered if the build installs files that are marked as obsolete and therefore get automatically removed. yes, the alerts are real, and yes, they’re doing the most. 😭

🎀 SIGNALS 🎀

wizd responds to the following signals:

• ⟨wiz@NetBSD.org⟩ — Examine a man page for errors. The man page and particular errors in question may be specified in standard internet mail format. (Yes, the signal name is an email address — she’s quirky like that. 💌)

wizd additionally sometimes delivers the following signals to other committer processes:

• SIGWIZD — An error was detected in a man page. oop 👀

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• cvs(1)
• intro(1)
• man(1)
• mdoc(7)

🌈 HISTORY 🌈

wizd appeared in NetBSD 1.5. a true vintage queen. 👑

💜 CAVEATS 💜

wizd is not only copyrighted, but also registered. so like… don’t try it, bestie. 🚨

😭 BUGS 😭

Sleeps sometimes. Leaves laptop at home sometimes. honestly? relatable. 😴🏠

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This page is from the Debian source/version, dated March 30, 2015, and it’s the WIZD(8) manual — bye bestie, mwah! 💋💖