Important UNIX Commands

  Note that the '%' prompt indicates the C shell, while the '$' prompt
  indicates the Bourne shell.  Go ahead and try some ...
 
  $ ar x God
  ar: God does not exist
 
  $ cat "door: paws too slippery"
  cat: cannot open door: paws too slippery
 
  $ cat "food in tin cans"
  cat: cannot open food in tin cans
 
  $ lost
  lost: not found
 
  $ make love
  Make:  Don't know how to make love.  Stop.
 
  $ make war
  Make:  Don't know how to make war.  Stop.
 
  $ rm God
  rm: God nonexistent
 
  % gotta light?
  No match.
 
  % rm meese-ethics
  rm: meese-ethics nonexistent
 
  % ar m God
  ar: God does not exist
 
  % [Where is Jimmy Hoffa?
  Missing ].
 
  % ^How did the sex change^ operation go?
  Modifier failed.
 
  % If I had a ( for every $ Congress spent, what would I have?
  Too many ('s.
 
  % sleep with me
  bad character
 
  % man: why did you get a divorce?
  man:: Too many arguments.
 
  % ^What is saccharine?
  Bad substitute.
 
  % %blow
  %blow: No such job.
 
  % \(-
  (-: Command not found.
 
  % sh
 
  $ PATH=pretending! /usr/ucb/which sense
  no sense in pretending!
 
  $ drink <bottle; opener
  bottle: cannot open
  opener: not found
 
  >%touch me
  >%chmod 000 me
  >%touch me
  >touch: cannot touch me: permission denied
 
  Slightly enhanced version:
 
  % cd /tmp
  % touch this; chmod 000 this
  % ln -s /usr/bin/touch U
  % U this
  U: cannot touch this: no write permission
 
  $ ar x "my love life"
  ar: my love life does not exist
 
  $ ar x "matey, the treasure"
  ar: matey, the tresure does not exist

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