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author | Jason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2004-02-18 20:08:32 +0000 |
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committer | Jason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2004-02-18 20:08:32 +0000 |
commit | 4bff99253908958cc3a732f1ce62d2eea8d555ba (patch) | |
tree | b8aba9f490dd0d814c91ee4a694e40a873a5525f /games/caesar/caesar.6 | |
parent | 202192e36d491839f0546e5f85aa4b0e8da0423b (diff) |
document rot13;
based on a PR from Free/Net, which for the life of me i cannot find.
thanks, whoever submitted it.
Diffstat (limited to 'games/caesar/caesar.6')
-rw-r--r-- | games/caesar/caesar.6 | 25 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/games/caesar/caesar.6 b/games/caesar/caesar.6 index 5829b0c06b8..5cf5c12770c 100644 --- a/games/caesar/caesar.6 +++ b/games/caesar/caesar.6 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: caesar.6,v 1.6 2003/06/03 03:01:39 millert Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: caesar.6,v 1.7 2004/02/18 20:08:31 jmc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1991, 1993 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. @@ -33,11 +33,13 @@ .Dt CAESAR 6 .Os .Sh NAME -.Nm caesar +.Nm caesar , +.Nm rot13 .Nd decrypt caesar cyphers .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm caesar .Op Ar rotation +.Nm rot13 .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm @@ -50,23 +52,26 @@ The optional numerical argument .Ar rotation may be used to specify a specific rotation value. .Pp -The frequency (from most common to least) of English letters is as follows: +If this utility is invoked as +.Nm rot13 , +it will rotate by 13 characters. +This format is commonly used on +.Tn USENET +and in some of the databases used by the +.Xr fortune 6 +program to +.Dq disguise +their content. .Pp +The frequency (from most common to least) of English letters is as follows: .Bd -filled -offset indent ETAONRISHDLFCMUGPYWBVKXJQZ .Ed .Pp Their frequencies as a percentage are as follows: -.Pp .Bd -filled -offset indent E(13), T(10.5), A(8.1), O(7.9), N(7.1), R(6.8), I(6.3), S(6.1), H(5.2), D(3.8), L(3.4), F(2.9), C(2.7), M(2.5), U(2.4), G(2), P(1.9), Y(1.9), W(1.5), B(1.4), V(.9), K(.4), X(.15), J(.13), Q(.11), Z(.07). .Ed -.Pp -Rotated postings to -.Tn USENET -and some of the databases used by the -.Xr fortune 6 -program are rotated by 13 characters. |