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.TH MAYBE 1 "August 2016" "Manual page for maybe"
.SH NAME
.B maybe
\- possibly exit with success
.SH USAGE
.B maybe
.br
.B maybe
DENOMINATOR
.br
.B maybe
NUMERATOR DENOMINATOR
.SH DESCRIPTION
Like true(1) or false(1), but exits with success randomly with a given
probability. Good for using in tests. Exits with 2 rather than 1 on usage
errors.
.P
The numerator default to 1 and the denominator to 2 for a roughly equal chance
of success or failure. rndi(1) is used for the randomness.
.P
$ maybe
$ maybe 3
$ maybe 2 5
.SH SEE ALSO
true(1), false(1), try(1), rndi(1)
.SH AUTHOR
Tom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz>
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