[Unix] Abbreviation for `Read The
Fucking Manual'. 1. Used by gurus to brush off questions they
consider trivial or annoying. Compare Don't do that then!.
2. Used when reporting a problem to indicate that you aren't just
asking out of randomness. "No, I can't figure out how to
interface Unix to my toaster, and yes, I have RTFM." Unlike
sense 1, this use is considered polite. See also FM,
RTFAQ, RTFB, RTFS, STFW
UTSL.
EOF /E-O-F/ n.
[abbreviation, `End Of File']
1. [techspeak] The out-of-band value returned by C's
sequential character-input functions (and their equivalents in
other environments) when end of file has been reached....