Some UNIX humor (March 22, 2007). Category: Statistical computing
The website www.netfunny.com has a lot of computer humor. Here's one that caught my eye because I am taking a class in Bioinformatics and am learning a lot about UNIX.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
better !pout !cry
better watchout
lpr why
santa claus <north pole >town
cat /etc/passwd >list
ncheck list
ncheck list
cat list | grep naughty >nogiftlist
cat list | grep nice >giftlist
santa claus <north pole >town
who | grep sleeping
who | grep awake
who | grep bad || good
for (goodness sake) { be good }I've included links to some Wikpedia entries that document the particular Unix features that this joke highlights. Wikipedia also has a list of common Unix commands. Note that the underlined hyperlinks make some of the symbols harder to read (sorry!). You can find this joke at
Another fun Unix joke is at
This webpage was written by Steve Simon and was last modified on 07/08/2008.