Xref: utzoo rec.humor:14205 comp.unix.questions:8714 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!rutgers!ucsd!ames!mailrus!uwmcsd1!marque!uunet!mcvax!hp4nl!philmds!leo From: leo@philmds.UUCP (Leo de Wit) Newsgroups: rec.humor,comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: fun with Unix Message-ID: <583@philmds.UUCP> Date: 11 Aug 88 07:37:48 GMT References: <880@taux01.UUCP> <370@hocpa.UUCP> Reply-To: leo@philmds.UUCP (Leo de Wit) Organization: Philips I&E DTS Eindhoven Lines: 21 In article <370@hocpa.UUCP> rusty@hocpa.UUCP (91341-M.W.HADDOCK) writes: >Using the ol' Bourne shell (sh) try this one: > > drink < bottle > >It should come back and say > > bottle: cannot open On a BSD system (still thirsty) sccs what bottle gives: can't open bottle (26) I admit it can become hard after such a number ;-). Leo.