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| author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-15 19:43:11 +0000 |
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| committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-15 19:43:11 +0000 |
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Adding upstream version 4.22.0.upstream/4.22.0
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/upstream/archlinux/man6/caesar.6 b/upstream/archlinux/man6/caesar.6 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..bbda40f9 --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/archlinux/man6/caesar.6 @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +.\" This file is free software, distributed under the BSD license. +.Dd November 16, 1993 +.Dt CAESAR 6 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm caesar , +.Nm rot13 +.Nd decrypt caesar ciphers +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Ar rotation +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +utility attempts to decrypt caesar ciphers using English letter frequency +statistics. +.Nm +reads from the standard input and writes to the standard output. +.Pp +The optional numerical argument +.Ar rotation +may be used to specify a specific rotation value. +.Pp +The frequency (from most common to least) of English letters is as follows: +.Pp +.Bd -filled -offset indent +ETAONRISHDLFCMUGPYWBVKXJQZ +.Ed +.Pp +Their frequencies as a percentage are as follows: +.Pp +.Bd -filled -offset indent +E(13), T(10.5), A(8.1), O(7.9), N(7.1), R(6.8), I(6.3), S(6.1), H(5.2), +D(3.8), L(3.4), F(2.9), C(2.7), M(2.5), U(2.4), G(2), +P(1.9), Y(1.9), W(1.5), B(1.4), V(.9), K(.4), X(.15), J(.13), Q(.11), Z(.07). +.Ed +.Pp +Rotated postings to +.Tn USENET +and some of the databases used by the +.Xr fortune 6 +program are rotated by 13 characters. |