So you thought that Unix tecchies were super-serious nerds with spots, and spots on their sellotaped-together glasses, did you? Well you’d be surprised at all the innocent fun they get from playing with their shells when no-one is looking: our colleagues on Unigram.X, who make no pretence of being Unix tecchies have come up with […]
So you thought that Unix tecchies were super-serious nerds with spots, and spots on their sellotaped-together glasses, did you? Well you’d be surprised at all the innocent fun they get from playing with their shells when no-one is looking: our colleagues on Unigram.X, who make no pretence of being Unix tecchies have come up with a few intriguing items: for those that know about these things, the ‘%’ prompt indicates the C shell, while the ‘$’ prompt indicates the Bourne shell. Any two consenting adults can play the game in private, and it has to be said it beats the hell out of writing Job Control Language routines for an MVS mainframe.
When you key: % scan for <<Arnold Schwarzenegger^J^D the system comes back with Arnold Schwarzenegger: << terminator not found % ar m God ar: God does not exist % How would you rate Quayle’s incompetence? Unmatched. % ^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. % ^What is saccharine? Bad substitute. % %blow %blow: No such job. % cat ‘the can of tuna’ cat: cannot open the can of tuna $ mkdir matter; cat>matter matter: cannot create $ drink
