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Funny Unix Error Message
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Hello Unix gurus !

I came upon an amusing list of commands given on UNIX systems and their error messages on the Cshell & on the Bourne shell. Enjoy !

% rm lawyer-ethics
rm: lawyer-ethics nonexistent

% ar m God
ar: God does not exist

% "How would you rate Quayle's incompetence?
Unmatched ".

% ^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.

% ^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

* Jacques Gauthier * "Son.. get a hair cut!" "Dad... which one?"

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