Redundant uses of dog - was Re: user 'hal'?

Peter Garrett peter.garrett at optusnet.com.au
Thu Oct 6 16:54:12 UTC 2005


On Thu, 06 Oct 2005 09:39:36 -0700
Vram <lamsokvr at xprt.net> wrote:

>  > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >dog <or cat if you still live in the dark ages>  /etc/passwd | grep hal
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > Got it.  But what is 'dog'? I have cat.
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > root at Aether:/etc # apt-cache search dog | grep dog
> > >
> > > dog - Enhanced replacement for cat
> > >
> > >
> > > root at Aether:apt-get install dog
> > 
> > And why not run "grep hal /etc/passwd" instead of dog or cat?
> > 
> > /Erik
> > 

Ah, a whole new field for awards! I've heard of the award for "redundant uses of cat" - now we can get into "redundant uses of dog" <grin>
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