.TH WHATS 1 "September 24, 1992"
.SH NAME
whats \- lookup acronym/abbreviation in database
.SH SYNOPSIS
whats [ acronym [defn...] ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.IR Whats ,
without any arguments, prompts for an acronym to look up.

With one argument,
.I whats
prints all entries from the database
that match the argument.  If no matches are found,
.I whats
prompts for expansion of the acronym or abbreviation.

With more than one argument,
.I whats
scans the database for
entries matching the first argument.  If any matches are found,
.I whats
prints the matching entries and asks if the remaining
arguments should be added as a new entry.  If no matches are
found, a new entry is created for the first argument with the
remaining arguments forming the expansion.
.SH FILES
/mit/sipb/lib/acron or $ACRON
.SH BUGS/DEFICIENCIES
Not blindingly fast.

Not tested under System V (Uses "echo -n", "grep -i").
.SH AUTHOR
Dave Sill (dsill@nswc-oas.arpa) (de5@ornl.gov as of 6/90)
Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Dahlgren, VA