Fun with UNIX-Shells

Note: This page does not solve any of your UNIX problems.

Bash:

(Some stuff listet here may work with other shells, too)

aardvark@charly:~ > \(-
bash: (-: Command not found.

aardvark@charly:~ > who is smart
charly!aardvark tty2     Jul 13 22:11

aardvark@charly:~ > %Vice-President
%Vice-President: No such job.

aardvark@charly:~ > mail -u nobody
No mail for Nobody

aardvark@charly:~ > cp /dev/null sex;chmod 000 sex
aardvark@charly:~ > more sex
sex: Permission denied
aardvark@charly:~ > mv sex show
aardvark@charly:~ > strip show
strip: show: Permission denied

aardvark@charly:~ > PATH=pretending! /usr/bin/which sense
/usr/bin/which: no sense in (pretending!)

aardvark@charly:~ > man woman
No manual entry for woman.

aardvark@charly:~ > man ' automatic insertion'
No manual entry for  automatic insertion.

aardvark@charly:~ > man rear
No manual entry for rear.

tcsh:

(if tcsh offers correction press 'n' to get it work. The man-stuff is working with every shell.)

 
charly /home/aardvark> man: Why did you get a divorce?
man:: Too many arguments.

charly /home/aardvark> \(-
(-: Command not found.

charly /home/aardvark> If I had a ) for every dollar Reagan spent, what would I have?
Too many )'s.

charly /home/aardvark> "How would you rate Reagan's senility?
Unmatched ".

charly /home/aardvark> ^How did the^sex change operation go?
Modifier failed.

charly /home/aardvark> who is my match?
No match.

charly /home/aardvark> %blow
%blow: No such job.

charly /home/aardvark> 'thou shalt not commit adultery'
thou shalt not commit adultery: Command not found.

charly /home/aardvark> Got a light?
got: No match

charly /home/aardvark> Do you have a match?
do: No match