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>PSHIFT(1) USER COMMANDS PSHIFT(1)
>
>NAME
> pshift - paradigm shift utility
>
>SYNOPSIS
> pshift [-zzeitgeist] [-rragelev] [-v] [-c] [-wn] [+|-n]
>
>DESCRIPTION
> The pshift operator performs a paradigm shift on its input stream
> within the context of the current or specified zeitgeist.
>
>OPTIONS
> -z Specify the zeitgeist context. May be specified here or from
> the environment variable $ZEITGEIST.
>
> Supported values of zeitgeist are judeo_christian (default),
> postcommunist, new_age, and when_god_was_a_woman.
>
> -r Specify rage level. Acceptable values of ragelev are
> ennui (default), deep_seated, and consuming.
>
> -v Set to verbose mode. Normally pshift operates silently; in
> verbose mode it publishes a 500+ page bestseller entitled
> "Rethinking [input stream] in the [zeitgeist] Age", and then
> begins soliciting honoraria until the operator types ctrl-c.
> On some systems it runs for Congress.
>
> -c Set to collective IO. Normally pshift takes its input from
> stdin and outputs to stdout; in collective mode it takes its
> input from the Collective Unconscious and writes to the Body
> Politic.
>
> -wn Specify first, second, third or fourth wave. Acceptable
> values for n are 0,1,2 or 3, with 2 (third wave) being the
> default.
>
> [On Sun systems, the logical waves are 0,3,2,1, which map to
> physical waves 0,1,2,3; see Sun Technical Manual for details.]
>
> +|-n Specifies the number of times to prepend 'post' to the
> zeitgeist context, if positive, or 'pre' if negative.
> The default is 11.
>
>EXAMPLES
>
> source $DEITY | pshift -zpostcommunist -rdeep_seated -v +1
>
> On most systems, the above command will output a hardcover volume
> called "Rethinking God in the Post-Postcommunist Era", in which the
> irrelevence of erstwhile religious concepts is seen to have
> triggered a global, deep-seated rage vis-a-vis traditional
> sociopolitical norms leading to a premature breakdown of emerging
> postsoviet infrastructure.
>
> pshift -znew_age -rennui
>
> The above command produces no output, but privately processes a
> vague discontent which it will share if its space is honored. May
> be redirected to /dev/null.
>
> pshift -c -w3 -1
>
> Taking its input from the collective unconscious, the above command
> rejects the failed socioeconomic policies of the last thirty years
> and replaces them with a futurist, fourth wave polemic of
> traditional values, the two-parent family, and the supremacy of the
> private sector that was the foundation of the American utopia of
> the 1950s. Use a prepend value of -2 to restore the American utopia
> of the early Industrial Age, a value of -3 to restore the European
> utopia of the Enlightenment, -4 for Catholic hegemony, etc.
> (note: Requires grass root permission. In verbose mode, it may
> also require a $4 million advance.)
>
>SEE ALSO
> backlash(1)
>
>BUGS
> You must have root permission to use consuming rage.
>
>AUTHOR
> Robert Drucker (robert@ocean.washington.edu)
> copyright 1995 Robert Drucker.
> Robert Drucker is a trademark of Robert Drucker.
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