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Phillip McCleod

(1,837 posts) Sat Feb 9, 2013, 12:21 AM Feb 2013

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hey linux users do this on your command line..

$ whatis God?

report back here. just curios what different distros say in response. mine says,

God? nothing appropriate.

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hey linux users do this on your command line.. (Original Post) Phillip McCleod Feb 2013 OP

"Could not run the specified command." Festivito Feb 2013 #1

what's yer o.s.? Phillip McCleod Feb 2013 #4

An elderly version of Knoppix on a CD. Festivito Feb 2013 #5

That's odd. I think whatis is required for POSIX Recursion Feb 2013 #6

God?: nothing appropriate. Festivito Feb 2013 #7

God: nothing appropriate. d_r Feb 2013 #2

whatis: no match. Recursion Feb 2013 #3

LOL w0nderer Feb 2013 #8

no god on my $PATH.. Phillip McCleod Feb 2013 #9

oh noes it's an atheist system *g* n/t w0nderer Feb 2013 #10

God: nothing appropriate. madokie Feb 2013 #11

More fun RaspberryJam Feb 2013 #12

fun! Phillip McCleod Feb 2013 #15

Hate to be a spoilsport... hunter Feb 2013 #13

a valid point Phillip McCleod Feb 2013 #14

If you're not sure whether "whatis" is safe, yes, you probably shouldn't do that Recursion Feb 2013 #17

Here's another one: Recursion Feb 2013 #16

just do this first: Phillip McCleod Feb 2013 #18

Hmmm ... I got back "Ubuntu!" n/t RKP5637 Mar 2013 #19

weird! which version of ubuntu? Phillip McCleod Mar 2013 #20

Oh, I was just Joking. I got RKP5637 Mar 2013 #21

i get it.. sorry a little slow on the uptake, there. Phillip McCleod Mar 2013 #22

Hopefully no one will see Windoze! lol RKP5637 Mar 2013 #23

Festivito

(13,563 posts)

1. "Could not run the specified command."

Reply to Phillip McCleod (Original post)

Sat Feb 9, 2013, 02:09 AM

Feb 2013

My operating system must be lacking.

Phillip McCleod

(1,837 posts)

4. what's yer o.s.?

Reply to Festivito (Reply #1)

Sat Feb 9, 2013, 10:03 AM

Feb 2013

just curious

Festivito

(13,563 posts)

5. An elderly version of Knoppix on a CD.

Reply to Phillip McCleod (Reply #4)

Sat Feb 9, 2013, 10:43 AM

Feb 2013

I just like the way it works.

Recursion

(56,582 posts)

6. That's odd. I think whatis is required for POSIX

Reply to Festivito (Reply #5)

Sat Feb 9, 2013, 10:59 AM

Feb 2013

Just seems strange they would leave out a tiny program like that.

Festivito

(13,563 posts)

7. God?: nothing appropriate.

Reply to Recursion (Reply #6)

Sat Feb 9, 2013, 07:02 PM

Feb 2013

Perhaps there's nothing appropriate about questioning God?

I had run it in immediate mode rather than console mode.

d_r

(6,907 posts)

2. God: nothing appropriate.

Reply to Phillip McCleod (Original post)

Sat Feb 9, 2013, 05:07 AM

Feb 2013

Recursion

(56,582 posts)

3. whatis: no match.

Reply to Phillip McCleod (Original post)

Sat Feb 9, 2013, 08:49 AM

Feb 2013

Debian, using tcsh.

w0nderer

(1,937 posts)

8. LOL

Reply to Phillip McCleod (Original post)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 09:48 PM

Feb 2013

try
whereis god
and
which god
as well then *G*

Phillip McCleod

(1,837 posts)

9. no god on my $PATH..

Reply to w0nderer (Reply #8)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 11:59 PM

Feb 2013

$ which god
which: no god in (/home/notroot/.pyvenv/bin:/home/notroot/.pythonbrew/bin:/home/notroot/.pythonbrew/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl:/opt/sage:/opt/sage)

god can't be found..

$ whereis god
god:

hmm..

$ $ find god
find: `god': No such file or directory

nope! no deus in this machina!

w0nderer

(1,937 posts)

10. oh noes it's an atheist system *g* n/t

Reply to Phillip McCleod (Reply #9)

Sun Feb 17, 2013, 10:18 PM

Feb 2013

madokie

(51,076 posts)

11. God: nothing appropriate.

Reply to Phillip McCleod (Original post)

Mon Feb 18, 2013, 06:36 AM

Feb 2013

Is what I get.
Ubuntu 12.04 with mate

RaspberryJam

(2 posts)

12. More fun

Reply to Phillip McCleod (Original post)

Wed Feb 20, 2013, 10:10 AM

Feb 2013

try this:
man whatis

and this too:
whoami | xargs whatis

Phillip McCleod

(1,837 posts)

15. fun!

Reply to RaspberryJam (Reply #12)

Thu Feb 21, 2013, 08:27 PM

Feb 2013

notroot: nothing appropriate

hunter

(39,004 posts)

13. Hate to be a spoilsport...

Reply to Phillip McCleod (Original post)

Wed Feb 20, 2013, 12:32 PM

Feb 2013

... but it's a bad idea to type in any command posted on the internet by a stranger if you don't know what it does.

These threads are fun, but proceed with caution.

Phillip McCleod

(1,837 posts)

14. a valid point

Reply to hunter (Reply #13)

Thu Feb 21, 2013, 08:23 PM

Feb 2013

everyone.. do use the 'man' (manual) command 1st to make sure you understand what the command is. that said, so far everything is harmless on any *nix.

p.s. i got the original idea from a 'linux command-line tips & tricks' page. nothing nefarious.

Recursion

(56,582 posts)

17. If you're not sure whether "whatis" is safe, yes, you probably shouldn't do that

Reply to hunter (Reply #13)

Thu Feb 21, 2013, 11:36 PM

Feb 2013

But you also probably shouldn't open a terminal in that case, either...

Recursion

(56,582 posts)

16. Here's another one:

Reply to Phillip McCleod (Original post)

Thu Feb 21, 2013, 11:35 PM

Feb 2013

$ make love

make: *** No rule to make target `love'. Stop.

Phillip McCleod

(1,837 posts)

18. just do this first:

Reply to Recursion (Reply #16)

Fri Feb 22, 2013, 04:29 AM

Feb 2013

$ echo "love : you\n\nyou : touch me\n" > Makefile

of course then you have to..

..delete me:

$ rm me

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)

19. Hmmm ... I got back "Ubuntu!" n/t

Reply to Phillip McCleod (Original post)

Wed Mar 27, 2013, 09:39 PM

Mar 2013

Phillip McCleod

(1,837 posts)

20. weird! which version of ubuntu?

Reply to RKP5637 (Reply #19)

Wed Mar 27, 2013, 10:57 PM

Mar 2013

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)

21. Oh, I was just Joking. I got

Reply to Phillip McCleod (Reply #20)

Wed Mar 27, 2013, 11:28 PM

Mar 2013

God: nothing appropriate.

Mint 13

Phillip McCleod

(1,837 posts)

22. i get it.. sorry a little slow on the uptake, there.

Reply to RKP5637 (Reply #21)

Wed Mar 27, 2013, 11:32 PM

Mar 2013

ubuntu == god. hur hur.

sorry i follow the arch way. i'll take pacman over aptitude any day.

oooohh.. this could get ugly. lol

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)

23. Hopefully no one will see Windoze! lol

Reply to Phillip McCleod (Reply #22)

Thu Mar 28, 2013, 08:12 AM

Mar 2013

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