dadadodo(1)
NAME
dadadodo - exterminate all rational thought
SYNOPSIS
dadadodo [ options ] [ input-files ]
DESCRIPTION
dadadodo is a program that analyses texts for Markov chains of word
probabilities and then generates random sentences based on those probabilities. Sometimes these sentences are nonsense, but sometimes they
cut right through to the heart of the matter and reveal hidden meanings.
OPTIONS
dadadodo accepts the following options:
- -c, -count n
- Generate n sentences.
- -h, -help
- Show summary of options and exit.
- -html Output HTML instead of plain text.
- -l, -load file
- Load compiled data from file ('-' for standard input).
- -o, -output file
- Save compiled data in file ('-' for standard output).
- -p, -pause s
- Delay s seconds between paragraphs.
- -w, -columns columns
- Format output for a device columns character cells in width. If not specified, the value of the environment variable COLUMNS is used to determine the width. If that variable is not defined, a width of 72 is assumed.
NOTES
Non-option arguments are input files. These should be text files, but
may be mail folders or HTML. MIME messages are handled sensibly. When
no output file is specified, sentences will be generated from the input
data directly. However, loading a saved file is far faster than
re-parsing the text files each time.
ENVIRONMENT
- COLUMNS
- Determines the width (in character cells) of the output if the -w, -columns option is not used. If not set, a width of 72 is assumed.
SEE ALSO
dadadodo's upstream website is http://www.jwz.org/dadadodo/.
AUTHOR
dadadodo was written by Jamie Zawinski.
- This manual page was written by Sudhakar Chandrasekharan
<thaths@netscape.com>, based on the program's usage message.