---
name: "dadadodo"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "dadadodo"
version: "1.04-9"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dadadodo"
---

# dadadodo(1)

exterminate all rational thought

## 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.