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| author | Tom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz> | 2016-08-09 11:19:29 +1200 |
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| committer | Tom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz> | 2016-08-09 11:19:29 +1200 |
| commit | c80b70a994983f3ac56e73407f2a534993843c0f (patch) | |
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| parent | Add issue grizzling about pandoc(1) (diff) | |
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Rename myb(1) back to maybe(1)
Changed my mind again
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diff --git a/man/man1/maybe.1 b/man/man1/maybe.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..3d27901b --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man1/maybe.1 @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +.TH MAYBE 1 "August 2016" "Manual page for maybe" +.SH NAME +.B maybe +\- possibly exit with success +.SH USAGE +.B maybe +.br +.B maybe +DENOMINATOR +.br +.B maybe +NUMERATOR DENOMINATOR +.SH DESCRIPTION +Like true(1) or false(1), but exits with success randomly with a given +probability. Good for using in tests. Exits with 2 rather than 1 on usage +errors. +.P +The numerator default to 1 and the denominator to 2 for a roughly equal chance +of success or failure. rndi(1) is used for the randomness. +.P + $ maybe + $ maybe 3 + $ maybe 2 5 +.SH SEE ALSO +true(1), false(1), try(1), rndi(1) +.SH AUTHOR +Tom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz> |