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Stupid Shell Tricks

Note that the '%' prompt indicates that the command should be issued from the C shell, and the '$' prompt indicates the Bourne shell.

% rm meese-ethics
rm : meese-ethics nonexistent

% ar m God
ar : God does not exist

% "How would you rate Reagan'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.

% 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.

% \(-
(-: Command not found.

$ 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