Unix Error Messages

$ ar x Santa.Claus

ar:Santa.Claus does not exist

i$ cat "door: paws too slippery"

cat: cannot open door: paws too slippery

i$ 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 Tooth.Fairy

rm: Tooth.Fairy nonexistent

% mkdir yellow_pages; cat > yellow_pages

yellow_pages: Is a directory

% !1984

1984: Event not found. # (on some systems)

% rm meese-ethics

rm: meese-ethics nonexistent

% "How would you rate Reagan's incompetence?

Unmatched ".

% ^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

% got a light?

No match.

% man: why did you get a divorce?

man:: Too many arguments.

i% ^What is saccharine?

Bad substitute.

% %blow

%blow: No such job.

% \(-

(-: Command not found.

$ drink

bottle: cannot open opener: not found

$ mkdir matter; cat >matter

matter: cannot create

"I teach Eunuchs - I mean Unix." % got a light?

No match.

% cat "food in cans"

cat: can't open food in cans

% nice man woman

No manual entry for woman.

% rm God

rm: God nonexistent

% ar t God

ar: God does not exist

% ar r God

ar: creating God

% "How would you rate Quayle's incompetence?

Unmatched ".

% Unmatched ".

Unmatched ".

Last modified: Saturday 24 July, 2004 @ 12:38:30:984 EST