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RNAME(1)		    General Commands Manual		      RNAME(1)

NAME
       rname --	invoke a program under a different name

SYNOPSIS
       rname fakename realname [args...]
       rname [-V | -h]

DESCRIPTION
       The  rname  utility  invokes the	specified program, passing a different
       name instead of the name	of the program executable.

       The rname utility accepts the following command-line options:

       -h      Display program usage information and exit.

       -V      Display program version information and exit.

ENVIRONMENT
       The operation of	the rname utility is not directly  influenced  by  any
       environment variables.

FILES
       The  operation  of  the rname utility is	not directly influenced	by the
       contents	of any files.

EXAMPLES
       Run bunzip2 as bzcat:

	     rname bzcat bunzip2 foo.txt.bz2

DIAGNOSTICS
       The rname utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error	occurs.

SEE ALSO
       execvp(3)

STANDARDS
       No standards were harmed	during the production of the rname utility.

HISTORY
       The rname utility was written by	Peter Pentchev in 2010 and then	resur-
       rected in 2017.

AUTHORS
       Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net>

BUGS
       No, thank you :)	But if you should actually  find  any,	please	report
       them to the author.

FreeBSD	Ports 14.quarterly     January 24, 2017			      RNAME(1)

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