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| by David M Williams | |
| Thursday, 25 December 2008 | |
If "Jingle Bells" was a Linux shell script it might look something like this.Featured Whitepaper
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Dashing through the snow In a one horse open sleigh O'er the fields we go Laughing all the way Bells on bob tails ring Making spirits bright What fun it is to laugh and sing A sleighing song tonight Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells Jingle all the way Oh, what fun it is to ride In a one horse open sleigh Jingle bells, jingle bells Jingle all the way Oh, what fun it is to ride In a one horse open sleigh ... but have you seen the Linux version before? % time snow % OneHorseOpenSleigh > fields % banner lol % echo ^G > BobTails % make SpiritsBright % man fun | Laugh && Sing % date > SleighingSong % echo ^G^G % echo ^G^G % echo ^G^G^G^G^G^G^G^G^G^G % man fun | OneHorseOpenSleigh % echo ^G^G % echo ^G^G % echo ^G^G^G^G^G^G^G^G^G^G % man fun | OneHorseOpenSleigh Ok, sure, this is corny but I hope you and your family have a happy festive season! Feel free to post comments if you have better suggestions for carol-to-command mappings! For the slightly more juvenile, I'll leave you with one line from an alternate version ;) wonderwoman% find / -name bosom -print (Need help with this Christmas Carol? The explantion is here!) |
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