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Message no. 1
From: marc.renouf@******.com (Renouf, Marc A.)
Subject: [OT] *nix fun (was Re: [SR3] Matrix search and system
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 14:35:48 -0500
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shadowrn-bounces@*****.dumpshock.com
> [mailto:shadowrn-bounces@*****.dumpshock.com] On Behalf Of Gurth
> Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 2:26 PM
>
> According to Renouf, Marc A., on 8-1-07 20:15 the word on the
> street was...
>
> > My favorite was always:
> >
> > cat "food in can"
> >
> > makes me chuckle every time.
>
> cat: food in can: No such file or directory
>
> Maybe it's me, but I don't get it ...

Oh, mine is different.

cat "food in can"
cat cannot open food in can

:)

Marc
Message no. 2
From: justin@***********.net (Justin Bell)
Subject: [OT] *nix fun (was Re: [SR3] Matrix search and system
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 14:57:37 -0500
Renouf, Marc A. wrote:

> Oh, mine is different.
>
> cat "food in can"
> cat cannot open food in can

Solaris tcsh does this.

As well as

man God
No manual entry for God.
Message no. 3
From: gurth@******.nl (Gurth)
Subject: [OT] *nix fun (was Re: [SR3] Matrix search and system
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2007 11:25:37 +0100
According to Justin Bell, on 8-1-07 20:57 the word on the street was...

>> cat "food in can"
>> cat cannot open food in can
>
> Solaris tcsh does this.

It doesn't under Darwin, though ... That just says "cat: food in can: No
such file or directory" regardless of whether I use bash, tcsh, or
simply sh.

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