I wonder, has someone already written a script which will compile this list for you?
Anyway, time to repost these I'd say:
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.giggles
Subject: UNIX commands (fwd)
From: "Aditya, The Hindu Skeptic"
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 1995 12:24:37 -0500
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 ".
% [Where is Jimmy Hoffa?
Missing ].
% ^How did the sex change operation go?
^ 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.
/* not csh but sh */
$ PATH=pretending!/usr/ucb/which sense
no sense in pretending!
$ drink bottle: cannot open
opener: not found
more at:
http://monster-island.org/tinashumor/computer.html#unix
