[clue] Fwd: FW: unix error messages

[Mike Bean]

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*From:* coloactup-bounces at vmware.com [mailto:coloactup-bounces at vmware.com] *On
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*Sent:* Tuesday, April 05, 2011 11:54 AM
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*Subject:* [Coloactup] unix error messages



Here are few unix error msgs ,from GNU {From: ttt at ottawa (Tom Thomassen)}



(% represents the csh, $ represents the bourne shell)



% "How poorly would you rate the Unix (so-called) user interface?

Unmatched ".



% rm congressional-ethics

rm: congressional-ethics nonexistent



% ar m God

ar: God does not exist



% [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.



%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.



% \(-

(-: Command not found.



% sh



$ PATH=pretending! /usr/ucb/which sense

no sense in pretending



$ drink matter

matter: cannot create





Or, in a System V (att) universe:



$ cat "can of food"

cat: cannot open can of food
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