[FG] Fwd: Computer-Jokes - UNIX support and St. Patrick's day (fwd)
Ing. Roberto Andrade
randrade@campus.iztacala.unam.mx
Wed, 18 Mar 1998 18:41:00 -0600 (CST)
Hola:
Que se diviertan.
Roberto
So..... This Irish guy calls up a UNIX consultant with a question:
>Customer: What is the command that will tell me the revision code
> of a program ?
>
>UNIX consul: Yes, that's correct.
>
>Customer: No, what is it ?
>
>UNIX consul: Yes.
>
>Customer: So, which is the one ?
>
>UNIX consul: No. 'which' is used to find the program.
>
>Customer: Stop this. Who are you ?
>
>UNIX consul: Use 'who am i' not 'who r yoo'. You can also 'finger
yoo'
> to get information about yoo'.
>
>Customer: All I want to know is what finds the revision code ?
>
>UNIX consul: Use 'what'.
>
>Customer: That's what I am trying to find out. Isn't that true ?
>
>UNIX consul: No. 'true' gives you 0.
>
>Customer: Which one ?
>
>UNIX consul: 'true' gives you 0. 'which programname'
>
>Customer: Let's get back to my problem. What program?
> How do I find it?
>
>UNIX consul: Type 'find / -name it -print' to find 'it'.
> Type 'what program' to get the revision code.
>
>Customer: I want to find the revision code.
>
>UNIX consul: You can't 'find revisioncode', you must use 'what
program'
>
>Customer: Which command will do what I need?
>
>UNIX consul: No. 'which command' will find 'command'.
>
>Customer: I think I understand. Let me write that.
>
>UNIX consul: You can 'write that' only if 'that' is a user on
> your system.
>
>Customer: Write what?
>
>UNIX consul: No. 'write that'. 'what program'.
>
>Customer: Cut that out!
>
>UNIX consul: Yes. those are valid files for 'cut'.
> Don't forget the options.
>
>Customer: Do you always do this ?
>
>UNIX consul: 'du' will give you disk usage.
>
>Customer: HELP!
>
>UNIX consul: 'help' is only used for Source Code Control System
(SCCS).
>
>Customer: You make me angry.
>
>UNIX consul: No, I don't 'make me' angry but I did 'make
programname'
> when I was upset once.
>
>Customer: I don't want to make trouble, so no more.
>
>UNIX consul: No 'more'? 'which' will help you find 'more'.
> Every system has 'more'.
>
>Customer: Nice help! I'm confused more now!
>
>UNIX consul: Understand that since 'help' is such a small program,
> it is better not to 'nice help'. and 'more now' is not
> allowed but 'at now' is. Unless, of course, 'now' is
> a file name.
>
>Customer: This is almost as confusing as my PC.
>
>UNIX consul: I didn't know you needed help with 'pc'.
> Let me get you to the Pascal Compiler team.