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    UNIX/Linux Shell Jokes

    These have been around FOREVER... But I amuse easily. I still find these funny and still occasionally try them just for a quick, cheap giggle.

    I don't know how you'd go about trying these on a Windows PC, but if you're on a Mac, just open up Terminal (from your Applications/Utilities folder) and you can play along.

    Note that the '%' prompt indicates the C shell, while the '$' prompt indicates the Bourne shell. Mac defaults to Bash ($) so to get the % prompt, just type: tcsh

    Oh, and please feel free to append your own to this list.

    Code:
      $ ar x God
      ar: God does not exist
      
      $ cat "door: paws too slippery"
      cat: cannot open door: paws too slippery
      
      $ cat "food in tin cans"
      cat: cannot open food in tin cans
      
      $ lost
      lost: not found
      
      $ make love
      Make:  Don't know how to make love.  Stop.
      
      $ make war
      Make:  Don't know how to make war.  Stop.
      
      $ rm God
      rm: God nonexistent
      
      % gotta light?
      No match.
      
      % mkdir yellow_pages; cat > yellow_pages
      yellow_pages: Is a directory
      
      % !1984
      1984: Event not found.                  # (on some systems)
      
      % rm meese-ethics
      rm: meese-ethics nonexistent
      
      % ar m God
      ar: God does not exist
      
      % "How would you rate George Bush's incompetence?
      Unmatched ".
      
      % [Where is Jimmy Hoffa?
      Missing ].
      
      % ^How did the sex change^ operation go?
      Modifier failed.
      
      % If I had a ( for every $ Congress spent, what would I have?
      Too many ('s.
      
      % sleep with me
      bad character
      
      % got a light?
      No match.
      
      % man: why did you get a divorce?
      man:: Too many arguments.
      
      % ^What is saccharine?
      Bad substitute.
      
      % %blow
      %blow: No such job.
      
      % \(-
      (-: Command not found.
      
      % sh
      
      $ PATH=pretending! /usr/ucb/which sense
      no sense in pretending!
      
      $ drink <bottle; opener
      bottle: cannot open
      opener: not found
      
      $ mkdir matter; cat >matter
      matter: cannot create
      What ->
      
      
      >%touch me
      >%chmod 000 me
      >%touch me
      >touch: cannot touch me: permission denied
      
      Slightly enhanced version:
      
      % cd /tmp
      % touch this; chmod 000 this
      % ln -s /usr/bin/touch U
      % U this
      U: cannot touch this: no write permission
      
      $ ar x "my love life"
      ar: my love life does not exist
      
      $ ar x "matey, the treasure"
      ar: matey, the tresure does not exist
      
      
      $ talk Gorvachev@Kremlin
      talk: Kremlin: Can't figure out network address.
      
      $ talk Comrade Khruchev
      [Your party is not logged on]
      
      make "bottle open"
      make "heads or tails of all this"
      make love
      make mistake
      make sense
      
      man woman
      man -kisses dog

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    Well I got them... been a while since i used a shell though...

    There was a topical

    rm -rf /bin/laden

    A while ago too... had it as a screensaver... suprising the number of pseudo sysops that didnt get it...

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    cd /pub
    more beer

    :-)

    I can't think of any others. It's late tho...

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    I've had a Microsoft Free House since 2000, but it's been a while since I've seen those. I even forgot some of them. None to add to the list but thanks for the laugh Sushi.
    The grass is greener on the other side of the fence...and it's usually greenest right above the septic tank.
    Allen

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