Linux caommand line

goldustf · 02-25-2006, 05:20 PM

New Guy to Lixux & LQ posting....
Have a problem regarding a command line entries...
#1 - what is the result if at root the following entry is made "flibbidiejibbit" ?
I don;t know how to search for it and I only have KNOPPIX to play around with. PLS help...Thnx
Golddust...

Poetics · 02-25-2006, 05:53 PM

You're asking what happens if "flibbidiejibbit" is entered on the command-line, as root?

Just to clarify

homey · 02-25-2006, 05:55 PM

Somehow, I think that should be flibberdigibbit. At any rate, the results are the same as it is not a Linux command.

Code:

flibbidiejibbit
bash: flibbidiejibbit: command not found

flibberdigibbit
bash: flibberdigibbit: command not found

jomen · 02-25-2006, 06:01 PM

but it could be: if someone placed a link with that name to an actual script or program - careful what you execute when you are root...

Poetics · 02-25-2006, 07:33 PM

It goes without saying -- never run something you don't know as root.

pixellany · 02-25-2006, 07:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by goldustf

New Guy to Lixux & LQ posting....
Have a problem regarding a command line entries...
#1 - what is the result if at root the following entry is made "flibbidiejibbit" ?
I don;t know how to search for it and I only have KNOPPIX to play around with. PLS help...Thnx
Golddust...

Are you serious??
Do you also need to know what happens with the following commands: rumble, groove, prognosticate, elucidate....???

Emerson · 02-25-2006, 08:14 PM

One should read man pages before executing an unfamiliar command. man flibbidiejibbit

goldustf · 02-25-2006, 10:22 PM

Thanks guys for the info and opinions. It's hard being new to Linux and asked to put for an answer that I don't have the foggiest idea about. (A NEWBIE -I'm from Windows- not DOS). Thanks again.