Funny Unix csh/sh commands:


% cat "food in cans"

cat: can't open food in cans


% nice man woman

No manual entry for woman.


% rm God

rm: God nonexistent


% ar t God

ar: God does not exist


% ar r God

ar: creating God


% "How would you rate Quayle's incompetence?

Unmatched ".


% Unmatched ".

Unmatched ".


% [Where is Jimmy Hoffa?

Missing ].


% \316 How did the sex change operation go? \316

Modifier failed.


% If I had a ( for every $ the 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.


% !:say, 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: cannot open

opener: not found


$ mkdir matter; cat >matter

matter: cannot create