keegan@sugar.hackercorp.com (Cal Keegan) (05/10/89)
Since 'who' supports the arguments 'am i,' I figure 'what' should too. ---------------------- cut here ---------------------- : # # what - a front end for 'what' # if [ "$1" = "am" -a "$2" = "i" ] then echo "...a homo" else /usr/bin/what $* fi
oleg@gryphon.COM (Oleg Kiselev) (05/10/89)
In article <3805@sugar.hackercorp.com> keegan@sugar.hackercorp.com (Cal Keegan) writes: >if [ "$1" = "am" -a "$2" = "i" ] >then > echo "...a homo" ...etc Here is a better one: if [ "$1" = "is" -a "$2" = "Cal" -a "$3" = "Keegan" ] then echo "...a cretinous homophobe" else /usr/bin/what $* fi And then people wonder why people want source groups to be moderated. -- "No regrets, no apologies." -- Ronald Reagan Oleg Kiselev ARPA: lcc.oleg@seas.ucla.edu, oleg@gryphon.COM (213)337-5230 UUCP:...!ucla-cs!lcc!oleg
igb@Fulcrum.BT.CO.UK (Ian G Batten) (05/12/89)
In article <15651@gryphon.COM> oleg@gryphon.COM (Oleg Kiselev) writes: >In article <3805@sugar.hackercorp.com> keegan@sugar.hackercorp.com (Cal Keegan) writes: >> echo "...a homo" > echo "...a cretinous homophobe" I suspect that's homo as in ``homo sapiens'' :-) ian -- Ian G Batten, BT Fulcrum - igb@fulcrum.bt.co.uk - ...!uunet!ukc!fulcrum!igb
mcdaniel@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu (Tim McDaniel) (05/15/89)
In article <3805@sugar.hackercorp.com> keegan@sugar.hackercorp.com (Cal Keegan) writes: > echo "...a homo" In article <15651@gryphon.COM> oleg@gryphon.COM (Oleg Kiselev) writes: > echo "...a cretinous homophobe" In article <155@cat.Fulcrum.BT.CO.UK> igb@cat.UUCP (Ian G Batten) writes: > I suspect that's homo as in ``homo sapiens'' :-) It's barely possible, I suppose, though I doubt it. "Homo", in Latin, does mean "human". But if that was meant, why mix English with Latin? Why not something like echo "...unum homo" (or "unam" or whatever the correct ending is)? -- Tim, the Bizarre and Oddly-Dressed Enchanter mcdaniel@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu {uunet,convex,pur-ee}!uiucuxc!uicsrd!mcdaniel mcdaniel%uicsrd@{uxc.cso.uiuc.edu,uiuc.csnet}