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.

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