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Funny Unix/Linux Commands

Some of these seem to be platform-specific, but here’s a funny look at some odd results you can get out of your shell: [link]

% 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 ].


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  2. By Anon-a-mouse on May 24, 2008 | Reply

    You forgot:

    :~$ mount a_hot_chick
    mount: can’t find a_hot_chick in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab

    I think it’s looking in the wrong place… And what’s all this stabby stuff about?

    fsck /a_hot_chick
    fsck 1.35 (28-Feb-2004)
    e2fsck 1.35 (28-Feb-2004)
    /sbin/e2fsck: No such file or directory while trying to open /a_hot_chick

    What is with this whole stabbing and cutting business? I just wanna get on da love!

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