term% cat index.txt QUIZ(6) Games Manual QUIZ(6)
NAME
quiz - test your knowledge
SYNOPSIS
/usr/games/quiz [ -i file ] [ -t ] [ category1 category2 ]
DESCRIPTION
Quiz gives associative knowledge tests on various subjects. It asks
items chosen from category1 and expects answers from category2. If no
categories are specified, quiz gives instructions and lists the avail‐
able categories.
Quiz tells a correct answer whenever you type a bare newline. At the
end of input, upon interrupt, or when questions run out, quiz reports a
score and terminates.
The -t flag specifies `tutorial' mode, where missed questions are re‐
peated later, and material is gradually introduced as you learn.
The -i flag causes the named file to be substituted for the default in‐
dex file. The lines of these files have the syntax:
line = category newline ⎪ category `:' line
category = alternate ⎪ category `|' alternate
alternate = empty ⎪ alternate primary
primary = character ⎪ `[' category `]' ⎪ option
option = `{' category `}'
The first category on each line of an index file names an information
file. The remaining categories specify the order and contents of the
data in each line of the information file. Information files have the
same syntax. Backslash `\' is used as with sh(1) to quote syntacti‐
cally significant characters or to insert transparent newlines into a
line. When either a question or its answer is empty, quiz will refrain
from asking it.
FILES
/usr/games/quiz.k/*
BUGS
The construct `a|ab' doesn't work in an information file. Use `a{b}'.
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