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.\"	@(#)hangman.6	8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93
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.Dd January 6, 2016
.Dt HANGMAN 6
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm hangman
.Nd computer version of the game hangman
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl k
.Op Fl d Ar wordlist
.Sh DESCRIPTION
In
.Nm ,
the computer picks a word from the on-line word list
and you must try to guess it.
The computer keeps track of which letters have been guessed
and how many wrong guesses you have made on the screen in a graphic fashion.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl d Ar wordlist
Use the specified
.Ar wordlist
instead of the default.
If the wordlist file is an ELF binary file, its symbols are used as the
word list.
Otherwise, the wordlist file must be a plain text file, with one word per line.
Only lowercase words of at least a certain length
.Pq typically 6 characters
are chosen.
.It Fl k
Use the kernel symbols, as read from the kernel image pointed to by the
.Xr sysctl 3
.Va kern.bootfile
variable, instead of the default wordlist.
.El
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /usr/share/dict/words" -compact
.It Pa /usr/share/dict/words
Default word list.
.El
.Sh AUTHORS
.An Ken Arnold