YOW
Section: Games and Demos (6)
Updated: 5 May 1986
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NAME
yow - print an adage from Zippy, the Pinhead
SYNOPSIS
/usr/games/yow
[
-
] [
-wsl
]
DESCRIPTION
Yow
with no arguments prints out an adage attributable to Zippy the Pinhead.
The flags mean:
- -w
-
Waits before termination
for an amount of time calculated from the number of characters in the message.
This is useful if it is executed as part of the logout procedure
to guarantee that the message can be read before the screen is cleared.
- -s
-
Short messages only.
- -l
-
Long messages only.
FILES
/usr/games/lib/zippy.dat
AUTHOR
Ken Arnold, modified by Paul Pomes
Index
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- FILES
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- AUTHOR
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