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Funny Linux Commands

Postby Diekan » Tue Sep 18, 2007 10:27 pm

Good for a chuckle or two.

For those that don't 'get it' - the first line is what someone typed as a command... the second line is what the "command prompt" spit back out.

% cat "food in cans"
cat: can't open food in cans

% nice man woman
No manual entry for woman.

% "How would you rate Quayle's incompetence?
Unmatched ".

% Unmatched ".
Unmatched ".

% [Where is Jimmy Hoffa?
Missing ].

% ^How did the sex change operation go?^
Modifier failed.

% If I had a ( for every $ the Congress spent, what would I have?
Too many ('s.

% make love
Make: Don't know how to make love. Stop.

% sleep with me
bad character

% got a light?
No match.

% man: why did you get a divorce?
man:: Too many arguments.

% !:say, what is saccharine?
Bad substitute.

% %blow
%blow: No such job.

% \(-
(-: Command not found.

$ PATH=pretending! /usr/ucb/which sense
no sense in pretending!

$ drink matter
matter: cannot create


Stolen from the Ubuntu boards.
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Re: Funny Linux Commands

Postby Iccarra » Wed Sep 19, 2007 3:25 am

:teehee:
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