09.19.07

Funny Linux Errors

Posted in linux at 23:55 by Arkham

Just found these on Digg, and I will dig for more.

% cat “food in cans”
cat: can’t open food in cans

% nice man woman
No manual entry for woman.

% “How would you rate Bush’s incompetence?
Unmatched “.

% Unmatched “.
Unmatched “.

% [Where is Elvis Presley?
Missing ].

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

% If I had a ( for every $ the politics 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!