Unix Commands and their Output :P

Post date: 19-Jan-2012 06:53:56

% make fire

Make: Don't know how to make fire. Stop.

% why not?

No match.

% got light?

No match.

% !1984

1984: Event not found. # (on some systems)

% How's my lovemaking?

Unmatched '.

% "How would you rate Manmohan Singh's incompetence?

Unmatched ".

% [Where is Bijali?

Missing ].

% [Where is my brain?

Missing ].

% ^How did the **x change^ operation go?

Modifier failed.

% If I had a ( for every $ Congress spent, what would I have?

Too many ('s.

% man: why did you get a divorce?

man:: Too many arguments.

% \(-

(-: Command not found.

% sh

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

no sense in pretending!

$ mkdir matter; cat >matter

matter: cannot create

% cd /tmp

% touch this; chmod 000 this

% ln -s /usr/bin/touch U

% U this

U: cannot touch this: no write permission

% rm cts-ethics

rm: cts-ethics nonexistent

% ar m God

ar: God does not exist

% make love

Make: Don't know how to make love. Stop.

Supposedly on older Sun's make will also tell you

Make: Don't know how to make love. How about war instead?

% sleep with me

bad character

% ^What is saccharine?

Bad substitute.

% drink yellow_pages

yellow_pages: Is a directory

%touch me

%chmod 000 me

%touch me

touch: cannot touch me: permission denied

% ar x "my love life"

ar: my love life does not exist

% ar x "ashish, the treasure"

ar: ashish, the treasure does not exist

% talk ashish@Cognizant

talk: Cognizant: Can't figure out network address.