RTFM

An acronym for Ready To Fuck Men.

Jill: You coming?
Jack: Yeah, I'm RTFM

by mothervuckert November 16, 2017

RTFM

The Red Team Field Manual is the go-to reference guide for penetration testers (hackers). It is a concatenation of cheatsheets of Linux and Windows commands for use when testing computer security and looking for vulnerabilities. There is a companion book, the Blue Team Field Manual, which is used by "the other side" - the intrusion detection teams - to be able to identify and protect against the "Red Team."

I can't remember the Linux command to do a TCPDump - hand me the RTFM.

by C0ntr07 February 19, 2018

Rtfm

Read the fucking Manuel

Dude Rtfm

by Fuck you mate March 1, 2019

RTFM

read the fucking manual

person 1 - bro i just installed this new plugin but i have no idea how to use it how

me - rtfm

person 1 - *reads manual* and it works

by 584940493395874392034839394 June 22, 2025

RTFM

Read the fucking manual

Early internet chatroom and snobby tech support in the late 80s and early 90s would reply to annoying, and completely uninformed user, RTFM, before they ask another question

Police Services Exam For Dummies
ISBN: 9781119860570

A) I bought this computer and it won't start. How does this machine work?

B) RTFM then call back

by Modern Women December 17, 2025

rtfmotd

Acronym for "Read the Fucking Message of the Day". Used in the game Counter-Strike, in which players can say "motd" to read the message of the day, often containing server rules and other important information.

Player: Hey is cussing allowed on this server?
Admin: RTFMOTD
Player: motd
(reads)
Player: Oh, okay - thanks.

by Davers! July 29, 2007

rtfmp

read the fucking man page

similar to rtfm and jfgi, expresses frustration in response questions that can be answered by reading the man page

"how do I order the results of top by cpu usage?"

"rtfmp"

by J.R. Page October 31, 2008