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+.\"	$NetBSD: caesar.6,v 1.6 1997/11/12 00:48:29 mrg Exp $
+.\"
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+.\"	@(#)caesar.6	8.2 (Berkeley) 11/16/93
+.\"
+.Dd November 16, 1993
+.Dt CAESAR 6
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm caesar ,
+.Nm rot13
+.Nd decrypt caesar cyphers
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm
+.Op Ar rotation
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm
+utility attempts to decrypt caesar cyphers 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.