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.