XKCD Deploys Command Line Interface

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XKCD Deploys Command Line Interface

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday April 1, 2010 @11:19AM from the it's-actually-better dept.

ipquickly was one of a large number of users to note that the best on-line comic has just got a little better with the addition of a command line interface. You can also sign the petition to make the CLI permanent.

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Hasn't everyone written a bogus shell at some time by NixieBunny · 2010-04-01 11:20 · Score: 0

It's a lot of fun.

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Dear Slashdot, by Jurily · 2010-04-01 11:21 · Score: 5, Interesting

that was funny. Learn from him.
1. Re:Dear Slashdot, by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 11:38 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  up up down down left right left right b a
  do it a bunch of times
2. Re:Dear Slashdot, by Jurily · 2010-04-01 11:47 · Score: 5, Interesting
  
  Flamewar time!
  
  guest@xkcd:/$ vi
  You should really use emacs.
  guest@xkcd:/$ emacs
  You should really use vim.
  guest@xkcd:/$ ed
  You are not a diety.
  guest@xkcd:/$ nano
  You should really use an editor.
3. Re:Dear Slashdot, by plasticsquirrel · 2010-04-01 11:50 · Score: 3, Interesting
  
  Right, the last time Slashdot changed, it was just for a "new" layout. And the new layout just looked like the old layout, but with crawling JavaScript. The butt ugly pine-green-on-white was never even questioned. To get some volunteer graphic designers together for a new conceptual look would have made too much sense.
  
  Also, Arial? WTF, Slashdot? At least pick Verdana or Georgia in the stylesheets, two decent web fonts that ship with Windows. And why haven't we ever been able to post limited pre-formatted snippets of code? Not to mention some sort of glyph coverage beyond ASCII...?
  
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  Systemd: the PulseAudio of init systems
4. Re:Dear Slashdot, by zx-15 · 2010-04-01 12:32 · Score: 4, Interesting
  
  Even better:
  guest@xkcd:/$ whoami
  You are Richard Stallman.
  Also, a rather weird command execution:
  guest@xkcd:/$ kill
  Terminator deployed to 1984
  But,
  guest@xkcd:/$ kill 1
  Unrecognized command. Type "help" for assistance.
  Command parser definitely needs some work
  guest@xkcd:/$ sudo -i
  sudo: -i: command not found
  Also I demand, while, for, if and which.
5. Re:Dear Slashdot, by Petrushka · 2010-04-01 12:54 · Score: 1
  
  guest@xkcd:/$ sudo -i
  sudo: -i: command not found
  Ah, but:
  guest@xkcd:/$ sudo make me a sandwich
  Okay.
6. Re:Dear Slashdot, by Thoguth · 2010-04-01 12:55 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Shell shortcuts work, and the sandwich joke is in there, too...
  guest@xkcd:/$ make me a sandwich
  What? Make it yourself.
  guest@xkcd:/$ sudo !!
  sudo make me a sandwich
  Okay.
  
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  The requested URL /iframe/sig.html was not found on this server.
7. Re:Dear Slashdot, by cplusplus · 2010-04-01 13:01 · Score: 1, Redundant
  
  Another fun one - the obligatory "sudo make me a sandwich" responds with "Okay."
  
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  "False hope is why we'll never run out of natural resources!" - Lewis Black
8. Re:Dear Slashdot, by Jurily · 2010-04-01 13:09 · Score: 1
  
  Also:
  guest@xkcd:/$ finger
  Mmmmmm...
  guest@xkcd:/$ strip
  Unrecognized command. Type "help" for assistance.
9. Re:Dear Slashdot, by colonelquesadilla · 2010-04-01 13:22 · Score: 1
  
  What are these "windows" of which you speak?
  
  --
  It's either false dichotomies, or the terrorists win, you decide.
10. Re:Dear Slashdot, by nxtw · 2010-04-01 14:07 · Score: 2, Insightful
  
  Also, Arial? WTF, Slashdot? At least pick Verdana or Georgia in the stylesheets, two decent web fonts that ship with Windows.
  Slashdot's not using Arial, it's using the browser's default sans-serif font. For me, this is Helvetica.
11. Re:Dear Slashdot, by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 14:22 · Score: 0
  
  Spend some time exploring it there is more to it that once you dig down:
  guest@xkcd:/$ less welcome.txt
  Unrecognized command. Type "help" for assistance.
  guest@xkcd:/$ help
  That would be cheating!
  guest@xkcd:/$ pwd
  You are in a maze of twisty passages, all alike.
12. Re:Dear Slashdot, by RalphSleigh · 2010-04-01 14:28 · Score: 3, Interesting
  
  Right now for me it is:
  font-family:arial,sans-serif;
  Which is arial for me and anyone that has it installed, regardless of your browsers default choice (Calibri here) . If you are getting Helvetica you are probably using a mac.
  Brings up a interesting point, is there an addon/other way to make Firefox not use arial even if its installed and the page explicitly requests it?
  
  --
  Come as you are, do what you must, be who you will.
13. Re:Dear Slashdot, by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 15:01 · Score: 0
  
  THIS IS AWESOME!!!
14. Re:Dear Slashdot, by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 15:01 · Score: 0
  
  try:
  guest@xkcd:/$ sudo make me a sandwich
15. Re:Dear Slashdot, by rolfwind · 2010-04-01 15:24 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  $ make love
  I put on my robe and wizard hat.
16. Re:Dear Slashdot, by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 15:26 · Score: 0
  
  guest@xkcd:/$ sudo
  sudo what?
  guest@xkcd:/$ sudo make me a sandwich
  Okay.
17. Re:Dear Slashdot, by Blue23 · 2010-04-01 15:50 · Score: 1
  
  sudo shutdown
  su
  cat (without a filename)
  who
  look
  and then various go east/west/south
  
  --
  LITTLE GIRL: But which cookie will you eat FIRST? C. MONSTER: Me think you have misconception of cookie-eating process.
18. Re:Dear Slashdot, by quickOnTheUptake · 2010-04-01 15:54 · Score: 1
  
  man mount
  
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  Mod points: Guaranteed to remove your sense of humor.
  Side effects may include gullibility and temporary retardation
19. Re:Dear Slashdot, by TheSpoom · 2010-04-01 16:11 · Score: 1
  
  The funny thing is that the first thing I wondered was if I could get actual filesystem access through that somehow.
  I love my blackhat side.
  
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  It's better to vote for what you want and not get it than to vote for what you don't want and get it.
  - E. Debs
20. Re:Dear Slashdot, by Molochi · 2010-04-01 17:17 · Score: 1
  
  THIS IS THE BEST XKCD EVER!!!
  Oh wait this isn't that other place.
  
  --
  "The Adobe Updater must update itself before it can check for updates. Would you like to update the Adobe Updater now?"
21. Re:Dear Slashdot, by BrokenHalo · 2010-04-01 19:10 · Score: 1
  
  $ man woman No manual entry for woman $
22. Re:Dear Slashdot, by dynamo52 · 2010-04-01 20:08 · Score: 1
  
  Brings up a interesting point, is there an addon/other way to make Firefox not use arial even if its installed and the page explicitly requests it?
  Stylish will allow you to customize any website using custom css. There are many pre-configured themes for popular websites that you can download and install... including slashdot.
  
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23. Re:Dear Slashdot, by rsidd · 2010-04-01 20:36 · Score: 1
  
  I have Arial installed, and "allow pages to choose their own fonts" checked. It shows slashdot in DejaVu Sans for me, which is my default sans-serif font (firefox on linux, and also chrome on linux). Some sites force Arial on me, but apparently not Firefox...
24. Re:Dear Slashdot, by u38cg · 2010-04-01 20:37 · Score: 1
  
  Yes, write your own user stylesheet and specify your choice of font as !important.
  
  --
  [FUCK BETA]
25. Re:Dear Slashdot, by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 20:44 · Score: 0
  
  these glass-covered holes in walls the sunlight falls through. Sun light. Like, the big shiny orb in the legendary "Outside".
26. Re:Dear Slashdot, by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 20:48 · Score: 0
  
  Stylish.
27. Re:Dear Slashdot, by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 22:40 · Score: 0
  
  Dunno about Firefox, but Mozilla has had this "Allow pages to choose their own fonts" option for ages.
28. Re:Dear Slashdot, by RalphSleigh · 2010-04-01 23:51 · Score: 1
  
  Ok, when I view the whole story its in arial, but if I click on the link to my comment, the page is in my default sans-serif font..
  On the other point, I know there are myriad ways of adding your own CSS to a page, I just simply want to kill every occurrence of arial on the interwebs, some regex on every bit of incoming CSS should do it
  
  --
  Come as you are, do what you must, be who you will.
29. Re:Dear Slashdot, by complete+loony · 2010-04-02 02:23 · Score: 1
  
  Uninstall the font from your filesystem?
  
  --
  09F91102 no, 455FE104 nope, F190A1E8 uh-uh, 7A5F8A09 that's not it, C87294CE no. Ah! 452F6E403CDF10714E41DFAA257D313F.
30. Re:Dear Slashdot, by Golddess · 2010-04-02 06:00 · Score: 1
  
  guest@xkcd:/$ cat
  
  You're a kitty!
  
  guest@xkcd:/$ man cat
  
  You are now riding a half-man half-cat.
  
  --
  "I'm not sure I like the fugnutish tone you used in your post!" -RogL (608926)-
In this day and age... by Dripdry · 2010-04-01 11:23 · Score: 5, Insightful

It would feel delicious, to me, that right when the iPad comes out, designed for people to consume more ephemeral and pointless information than ever, that a site like this would make itself slightly more exclusive by moving backwards on the user interface timeline.
Bless your heart, xkcd!

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1. Re:In this day and age... by Drinking+Bleach · 2010-04-01 11:26 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  I support web sites that force both hands to be doing something. At least it makes us look more productive.
2. Re:In this day and age... by Dripdry · 2010-04-01 11:28 · Score: 1
  
  I'm not sure that I have the proper authorization to comment on that... but I'll bet there are quite a few slashdotters who have many of those types of sites bookmarked!
  
  --
  -
3. Re:In this day and age... by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 11:53 · Score: 0
  
  wait, what would your other hand be doing?
4. Re:In this day and age... by garvon · 2010-04-01 12:08 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  I work in the internet porn industry and we go for sites that can be surfed one handed.
5. Re:In this day and age... by colonelquesadilla · 2010-04-01 13:23 · Score: 1
  
  mousing
  
  --
  It's either false dichotomies, or the terrorists win, you decide.
6. Re:In this day and age... by jc42 · 2010-04-01 14:49 · Score: 1
  
  I support web sites that force both hands to be doing something.
  Hey, I can always find something to do with my other hand. ...
  Huh? No; I meant I can pick up my cup of coffee and take a drink. Why did you think I meant something else?
  
  --
  Those who do study history are doomed to stand helplessly by while everyone else repeats it.
7. Re:In this day and age... by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 15:06 · Score: 0
  
  OOoooooo, you're so elite. I worship your godly ludditity. You're even cooler than those guys who said "horseless carriages! BAH Humbug!"
8. Re:In this day and age... by jdigriz · 2010-04-01 16:04 · Score: 1
  
  Now now, let's not be prejudiced. People can consume meaningful information on an iPad too. Most will just choose not to.
9. Re:In this day and age... by Molochi · 2010-04-01 17:19 · Score: 1
  
  Oh, is that what the kids are calling it today?
  
  --
  "The Adobe Updater must update itself before it can check for updates. Would you like to update the Adobe Updater now?"
10. Re:In this day and age... by SharpFang · 2010-04-01 20:34 · Score: 1
  
  Indubitably.
  http://666kb.com/i/azt3jmi0y3afd2f9k.jpg
  
  --
  45 5F E1 04 22 CA 29 C4 93 3F 95 05 2B 79 2A B2
Yeeeah by FlyByPC · 2010-04-01 11:24 · Score: 0, Redundant

Yet another example of why xkcd == cool.

--
Paleotechnologist and connoisseur of pretty shiny things.
No tab completion! by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 11:25 · Score: 5, Insightful

What is a shell without tab complete?!? Even Windows supports it.
1. Re:No tab completion! by Tubal-Cain · 2010-04-01 11:27 · Score: 1
  
  That bugged me as well.
2. Re:No tab completion! by dgatwood · 2010-04-01 11:35 · Score: 2, Interesting
  
  That's okay. They made up for it by occasionally disabling your backspace key, though it would have been better if they had inserted ^H, too. Or maybe that was just a random glitch.
  
  --
  Check out my sci-fi/humor trilogy at PatriotsBooks.
3. Re:No tab completion! by QRDeNameland · 2010-04-01 11:37 · Score: 3, Informative
  
  What is a shell without tab complete?!? Even Windows supports it.
  However, I was impressed that it implemented up-down arrow command history, and even "ls".
  I tried "rm -rf /" but permission was denied. :-)
  
  --
  Momentarily, the need for the construction of new light will no longer exist.
4. Re:No tab completion! by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 11:39 · Score: 0
  
  What is a shell without tab complete?!? Even Windows supports it.
  However, I was impressed that it implemented up-down arrow command history, and even "ls".
  I tried "rm -rf /" but permission was denied. :-)
  try again with sudo ;)
5. Re:No tab completion! by John+Hasler · 2010-04-01 11:52 · Score: 1
  
  > I tried "rm -rf /" but permission was denied. :-)
  Be glad it wasn't granted. Locally.
  
  --
  Warning: this article may contain humor, sarcasm, parody, and perhaps even irony. Read at your own risk.
6. Re:No tab completion! by Jurily · 2010-04-01 11:54 · Score: 1
  
  I tried "rm -rf /" but permission was denied. :-)
  I almost tried that... reflexively in Konsole.
7. Re:No tab completion! by Jurily · 2010-04-01 11:57 · Score: 1
  
  Most of the fun comes from guessing the available commands.
8. Re:No tab completion! by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 12:14 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  Try sudo rm -rf /, then try any other command.
9. Re:No tab completion! by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 12:24 · Score: 0
  
  > I tried "rm -rf /" but permission was denied. :-)
  Be glad it wasn't granted. Locally.
  sudo rm -f /
10. Re:No tab completion! by GNUALMAFUERTE · 2010-04-01 12:27 · Score: 1
  
  Most of the fun comes finding the available commands in the source code.
  There, FTFY
  
  --
  WTF am I doing replying to an AC at 5 A.M on a Friday night?
11. Re:No tab completion! by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 12:42 · Score: 0
  
  You forgot the --no-preserve-root flag. It's as if you've never removed root before.
12. Re:No tab completion! by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 12:45 · Score: 0
  
  try "sudo rm rf /" ...
13. Re:No tab completion! by bittles · 2010-04-01 12:51 · Score: 1
  
  sudo rm -rf / worked for me, had to clear my session, ha.
14. Re:No tab completion! by plasticsquirrel · 2010-04-01 13:01 · Score: 1
  
  What is a shell without tab complete?!? Even Windows supports it.
  What is a shell without tab completion? A traditional shell (get off my lawn). Tab completion was simply not available in shells for much of the history of Unix. Stepping away from the Linux world, it's quite common today to still find shells without tab completion.
  
  --
  Systemd: the PulseAudio of init systems
15. Re:No tab completion! by timelorde · 2010-04-01 14:51 · Score: 1
  
  It's also the only way to figure out where to drop the magazine.
16. Re:No tab completion! by robot256 · 2010-04-01 15:00 · Score: 3, Informative
  
  Randall certainly didn't make it easy to parse, though. There's no line breaks and all there a dozen different constructions for the commands.
17. Re:No tab completion! by bmecoli · 2010-04-01 16:28 · Score: 1, Informative
  
  Which is why you run it through this.
18. Re:No tab completion! by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 16:49 · Score: 0
  
  Try Javascript unpacker and beautifier.
19. Re:No tab completion! by bennomatic · 2010-04-01 17:19 · Score: 1
  
  Did you try 'sudo rm -rf /'? It doesn't say anything when it runs, but all commands stop working afterwards. It's brilliant.
  
  --
  The CB App. What's your 20?
20. Re:No tab completion! by gnapster · 2010-04-01 17:22 · Score: 1
  
  ^H and friends are available through sticky keys. press and release Ctrl, (look in the lower-left of the page) then press H.
21. Re:No tab completion! by roll_w.it · 2010-04-01 18:38 · Score: 1
  
  Hilarious - I thought "rm -rf /forums" was funny.
  more
  ssh
  date
  echo
  who
22. Re:No tab completion! by schnablebg · 2010-04-01 18:46 · Score: 3, Informative
  
  The code is GPL'd and on Gitbub.
  http://github.com/chromakode/xkcdfools
23. Re:No tab completion! by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 19:32 · Score: 0
  
  http://github.com/chromakode/xkcdfools/blob/master/xkcd_cli.js
24. Re:No tab completion! by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 20:01 · Score: 0
  
  http://jsbeautifier.org/
25. Re:No tab completion! by selven · 2010-04-01 22:22 · Score: 1
  
  Here you go
26. Re:No tab completion! by Thing+1 · 2010-04-02 00:13 · Score: 1
  
  The code is GPL'd and on Gitbub.
  
  Is that Wolverine's personal source code repository?
  
  --
  I feel fantastic, and I'm still alive.
27. Re:No tab completion! by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-02 02:06 · Score: 0
  
  Stepping away from the Linux world, it's quite common today to still find shells without tab completion.
  It's also quite common to find sysadmins who swear and install a shell which does have tab completion.
28. Re:No tab completion! by c_sd_m · 2010-04-02 03:20 · Score: 1
  
  I tried "rm -rf /" but permission was denied. :-)
  Try "sudo rm -rf /" then see if "ls" works.
29. Re:No tab completion! by karlzt · 2010-04-02 03:24 · Score: 0
  
  commands still work for me afterwards
30. Re:No tab completion! by dzfoo · 2010-04-02 04:35 · Score: 1
  
  Oops! I broke it, thanks a lot!
  -dZ.
  
  --
  Carol vs. Ghost
  ...Can you save Christmas?
31. Re:No tab completion! by Rysc · 2010-04-02 05:08 · Score: 1
  
  Except that everybody and his brother running traditional unix will install a shell with tab completion.
  
  --
  I want my Cowboyneal
Elsewhere Public Works by MrEricSir · 2010-04-01 11:28 · Score: 1

XKCD's CLI a lot easier to use than the Elsewhere Public Works BBS:
http://elsewherepublicworks.com/
(Yes, it's part of an ARG. And yes, if you live anywhere near San Francisco you should be playing it already.)

--
There's no -1 for "I don't get it."
Wait...this is a real story. by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 11:28 · Score: 5, Funny

Slashdot has completely missed the point of April fools day. They posted a REAL story in amongst the entire useless days worth of fake ones.
1. Re:Wait...this is a real story. by Dthief · 2010-04-01 12:03 · Score: 1
  
  its April 2nd in some places already
  
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Re:Hasn't everyone written a bogus shell at some t by Penguinisto · 2010-04-01 11:28 · Score: 1

This is cool as frig!
It's actually very responsive, you can use a surprising number of standard *nix commands, and, well, damn - awesome job.
Props to the XKCD guy (now why doesn't " sudo su - " work? :) )

--
Quo usque tandem abutere, Nimbus, patientia nostra?
uname by Anonymous+Showered · 2010-04-01 11:29 · Score: 5, Informative

guest@xkcd:/$ uname
Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator
and
guest@xkcd:/$ su
God mode activated. Remember, with great power comes great ... aw, screw it, go have fun.
I lol'ed.
1. Re:uname by Rathkan · 2010-04-01 11:38 · Score: 1
  
  guest@xkcd:/$ cat
  You're a kitty!
2. Re:uname by MartinSchou · 2010-04-01 11:43 · Score: 1
  
  guest@xkcd:/$ whoami
  You are Richard Stallman.
  guest@xkcd:/$ cat
  You're a kitty!
  guest@xkcd:/$ bash
  You bash your head against the wall. It's not very effective.
3. Re:uname by QRDeNameland · 2010-04-01 11:43 · Score: 1
  
  Try:
  guest@xkcd:/$ whoami
  
  --
  Momentarily, the need for the construction of new light will no longer exist.
4. Re:uname by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 11:43 · Score: 0
  
  sudo shutdown now
5. Re:uname by Rathkan · 2010-04-01 11:44 · Score: 1
  
  guest@xkcd:/$ vi
  You should really use emacs.
  
  guest@xkcd:/$ emacs
  You should really use vim.
  
  guest@xkcd:/$ find
  What do you want to find? Kitten would be nice.
  guest@xkcd:/$ find kitten
  
  {game about a robot finding a kitten, rogue-style}
  
  hahaha
6. Re:uname by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 11:46 · Score: 0
  
  guest@xkcd:/$ pwd
  You are in a maze of twisty passages, all alike.
7. Re:uname by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 11:52 · Score: 0
  
  guest@xkcd:/$ pwd
  You are in a maze of twisty passages, all alike.
  guest@xkcd:/$ echo
  Echo ... echo ... echo ...
8. Re:uname by mycroft822 · 2010-04-01 11:55 · Score: 1
  
  guest@xkcd:/$ fuck
  I have a headache.
9. Re:uname by liamoshan · 2010-04-01 12:12 · Score: 1
  
  guest@xkcd:/$ finger
  Mmmmmm...
10. Re:uname by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 12:13 · Score: 0
  
  guest@xkcd:/$ finger
  Mmmmmm...
  Using wget seems to be supposed to do something, but at least I couldn't get it to do anything useful.
11. Re:uname by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 12:20 · Score: 0
  
  try ping
  sudo rm -rf /
12. Re:uname by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 12:35 · Score: 0
  
  guest@xkcd:/$ make me a sandwich
  What? Make it yourself.
  guest@xkcd:/$ sudo make me a sandwich
  Okay.
13. Re:uname by GNUALMAFUERTE · 2010-04-01 12:35 · Score: 2, Informative
  
  try wget http://google.com/
  it creates and iframe and loads the URL in there.
  
  --
  WTF am I doing replying to an AC at 5 A.M on a Friday night?
14. Re:uname by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 12:49 · Score: 0
  
  guest@xkcd:/$ man cat
  You are now riding a half-man half-cat.
15. Re:uname by ThoraX695 · 2010-04-01 13:17 · Score: 1
  
  This classic is in there too!
  guest@xkcd:/$ make me a sandwich What? Make it yourself. guest@xkcd:/$ sudo make me a sandwich Okay.
  
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  --ThoraX695
16. Re:uname by icebraining · 2010-04-01 13:21 · Score: 1
  
  Using wget seems to be supposed to do something, but at least I couldn't get it to do anything useful.
  You have to start the url with "http://", or else it'll try to load "http://www.xkcd.com/$URL" in the iframe.
  
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17. Re:uname by Zarf · 2010-04-01 13:30 · Score: 1
  
  $ wget http://www.slashdot.org/
  
  --
  [signature]
18. Re:uname by Zarf · 2010-04-01 13:33 · Score: 1
  
  guest@xkcd:/$ look
  You are at a computer using unixkcd.
  Exits: west, south
  guest@xkcd:/$ go west
  
  --
  [signature]
19. Re:uname by jabberw0k · 2010-04-01 16:17 · Score: 1
  
  $ light lamp
  You set your lamp ablaze.
20. Re:uname by M8e · 2010-04-01 20:49 · Score: 1
  
  guest@xkcd:/$ go down
  On our first date?
21. Re:uname by TheThiefMaster · 2010-04-01 22:59 · Score: 1
  
  guest@xkcd:/$ hello
  Hello.
  guest@xkcd:/$ finger
  Mmmmmm...
  guest@xkcd:/$ more
  Oh, yes! More! More!
  guest@xkcd:/$ make love
  I put on my robe and wizard hat.
  guest@xkcd:/$ fuck
  I have a headache.
  There are others too, like "go down"
sudo by ZX3+Junglist · 2010-04-01 11:30 · Score: 5, Funny

sudo make me a sandwich
Okay.
http://xkcd.com/149/
Lesbian Orgy by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 11:30 · Score: 0

Mouse over today's image and read the information text.
Oblig. Sandwich. by Anonymous+Showered · 2010-04-01 11:31 · Score: 5, Funny

guest@xkcd:/$ make me a sandwich
What? Make it yourself.
guest@xkcd:/$ sudo make me a sandwich
Okay.
guest@xkcd:/$
1. Re:Oblig. Sandwich. by soulrider2k · 2010-04-01 14:36 · Score: 1
  
  it's actually better than this even...
  it knows about !!
  guest@xkcd:/$ make me a sandwich
  What? Make it yourself.
  guest@xkcd:/$ sudo !!
  sudo make me a sandwich
  Okay.
  guest@xkcd:/$
  
  --
  bryan
2. Re:Oblig. Sandwich. by Stormbringer · 2010-04-01 15:23 · Score: 1
  
  *poof*
  You're a sandwich.
"best" by spazdor · 2010-04-01 11:32 · Score: 1, Funny

xkcd!?? But you just said "the best webcom-..
OH I GET IT APRIL FOOLS

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Potty brain... by stefanlasiewski · 2010-04-01 11:33 · Score: 1

Yes, sometimes I'm immature. But it's fun to find Easter eggs like this:

guest@xkcd:/$ go left
You cannot go left.
guest@xkcd:/$ go right
You cannot go right.
guest@xkcd:/$ go forward
You cannot go forward.
guest@xkcd:/$ kill
Terminator deployed to 1984
guest@xkcd:/$ fuck
I have a headache.
guest@xkcd:/$ help fuck
That would be cheating!

--
"Can of worms? The can is open... the worms are everywhere."
1. Re:Potty brain... by ShadowRangerRIT · 2010-04-01 11:52 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  You missed:
  
  guest@xkcd:/$ go up
  You cannot go up.
  guest@xkcd:/$ go down
  On our first date?
  
  --
  $_ = "wftedskaebjgdpjgidbsmnjgcdwatb"; tr/a-z/oh, turtleneck Phrase Jar!/; print
2. Re:Potty brain... by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 11:54 · Score: 0
  
  go down :)
3. Re:Potty brain... by thetoadwarrior · 2010-04-01 12:29 · Score: 1
  
  try go down
4. Re:Potty brain... by Petrushka · 2010-04-01 13:00 · Score: 2, Insightful
  
  guest@xkcd:/$ look
  You are at a computer using unixkcd.
  Exits: west, south
  guest@xkcd:/$ go west
  Life is peaceful there.
  Exits: east, west
  guest@xkcd:/$ go west
  In the open air.
  Exits: east, west
  guest@xkcd:/$ go west
  Where the skies are blue.
  Exits: east, west
  guest@xkcd:/$ go west
  This is what we're gonna do.
  Exits: east, west
  guest@xkcd:/$ go west
  Sun in wintertime.
  Exits: east, west
  guest@xkcd:/$ go west
  We will do just fine.
5. Re:Potty brain... by Broken+Wind · 2010-04-01 16:08 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  I went west... life was peaceful there. Then I got eaten by a grue.
6. Re:Potty brain... by BJ_Covert_Action · 2010-04-02 03:52 · Score: 1
  
  My favorite:
  
  guest@xkcd:/$ finger Mmmmmm...
  Also: wget http://slasdot.org/
  
  Let's me browse slashdot from a CLI inside of xkcd. I just had a netgasm.
  
  --
  Motorcycles, Robots, Space Gossip and More!
Whatever you do don't "go south" by pcx · 2010-04-01 11:34 · Score: 2, Interesting

The new format is a bit more adventurous than it looks at first blush.
1. Re:Whatever you do don't "go south" by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 11:40 · Score: 0
  
  look
  light lamp
  then you can go south without being eaten by a grue =)
2. Re:Whatever you do don't "go south" by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 12:00 · Score: 0
  
  Try "light lamp" before "go south".
3. Re:Whatever you do don't "go south" by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 12:10 · Score: 0
  
  the guru doesn't eat you if you "light lamp" before you "go south"
4. Re:Whatever you do don't "go south" by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 13:12 · Score: 0
  
  you need to light lamp
5. Re:Whatever you do don't "go south" by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-02 02:44 · Score: 0
  
  Just light your lamp and the grue will not bother you.
I get "Sorry, the CLI requires JavaScript to work" by John+Hasler · 2010-04-01 11:37 · Score: 1

I assumed initially that that was the joke. I guess a blank, unreponsive screen is funnier, though (but the prompt should be a single ".").

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Re:Hasn't everyone written a bogus shell at some t by PIBM · 2010-04-01 11:37 · Score: 1

Started out with
sudo reboot
oops :)
try these commands.... by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 11:37 · Score: 1, Informative

make me a sandwich
sudo make me a sandwich
WGET! by Anonymous+Showered · 2010-04-01 11:38 · Score: 2, Informative

# wget http://www.xkcd.com/
You're going to love it.
1. Re:WGET! by iccaros · 2010-04-01 16:51 · Score: 1
  
  wget http://xkcd.com/unixkcd love it twice
Re:Hasn't everyone written a bogus shell at some t by mjschultz · 2010-04-01 11:39 · Score: 2, Informative

I spent way too much time after I tried the most natural command line program `look`. Yeah, there is a tiny game in there too. Also, you still don't want to `sudo rm -rf /` cause then you'll have to restart the page.
write by Tubal-Cain · 2010-04-01 11:39 · Score: 1

It supports the write command. An IRC chat screen opens.
1. Re:write by Anonymous+Showered · 2010-04-01 11:42 · Score: 1
  
  # irc
  also works!
Shutdown? by CapOblivious2010 · 2010-04-01 11:39 · Score: 3, Interesting

Try "sudo shutdown"
1. Re:Shutdown? by Anonymous+Showered · 2010-04-01 11:40 · Score: 1
  
  Awesome.
2. Re:Shutdown? by Trev311 · 2010-04-01 12:46 · Score: 1
  
  "sudo reboot" works too!
3. Re:Shutdown? by el_tedward · 2010-04-01 13:19 · Score: 1
  
  sudo shutdown -r now doesn't work, though :(
Text adventure! (sorta) by aafiske · 2010-04-01 11:41 · Score: 1

Try looking around. Then try going west, young man.
Re:I get "Sorry, the CLI requires JavaScript to wo by John+Hasler · 2010-04-01 11:42 · Score: 1

Now I see that it requires googleapis.com. ROFL.

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Check the source by penguinchris · 2010-04-01 11:43 · Score: 1

The source code is available if you want to spoil all the jokes. There's a link on the bottom.
1. Re:Check the source by digital_proletariat · 2010-04-01 12:21 · Score: 1
  
  Relevant code here
retro by TheSHAD0W · 2010-04-01 11:44 · Score: 0, Redundant

Yeah, it's neat and old fashioned... But requires Javascript to run.
1. Re:retro by John+Hasler · 2010-04-01 11:46 · Score: 1
  
  > But requires Javascript to run.
  And googleapis.com. Pitiful, really.
  
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2. Re:retro by ElectricTurtle · 2010-04-01 12:18 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Yeah, because all of this could be done with plain HTML, obviously. Of course it's scripted. What do people expect?
  
  --
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3. Re:retro by thetoadwarrior · 2010-04-01 12:35 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  yeah well there is life fucking ruined for all of us.
4. Re:retro by thetoadwarrior · 2010-04-01 12:36 · Score: 1
  
  Next thing they'll want to eat your children!
5. Re:retro by John+Hasler · 2010-04-01 12:45 · Score: 0, Troll
  
  > What do people expect?
  Cleverness.
  
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6. Re:retro by Sir_Lewk · 2010-04-01 17:37 · Score: 2, Informative
  
  You do realize that HTML is just a Markup Language right?
  
  --
  "linux is just DOS with a UNIX like syntax" -- Galactic Dominator (944134)
7. Re:retro by SharpFang · 2010-04-01 20:09 · Score: 1
  
  CGI+refresh...?
  
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8. Re:retro by troll8901 · 2010-04-01 21:02 · Score: 1
  
  I think PP is referring to creating great April Fool's jokes, and nothing to do with hacking HTML.
9. Re:retro by Sir_Lewk · 2010-04-02 01:08 · Score: 2, Interesting
  
  I think that is quite possibly the worst possible way something like this could possibly have been implemented. Congrats.
  
  --
  "linux is just DOS with a UNIX like syntax" -- Galactic Dominator (944134)
10. Re:retro by SharpFang · 2010-04-05 00:40 · Score: 1
  
  You're welcome to suggest an alternative that conforms to the constraints: no JS, no flash, no extensions, browser only, any browser.
  
  --
  45 5F E1 04 22 CA 29 C4 93 3F 95 05 2B 79 2A B2
Cool by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 11:44 · Score: 0

Best interface design I think the web has offered. Not sure I like it hot typing cd store removes the command line completely.
Fun stuff by jtorkbob · 2010-04-01 11:44 · Score: 1

$ whoami
$ wget http://www.google.com/
$ sudo rm -rf /
$ vim
$ emacs
$ nano
Now I will cheat and read the source code.

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1. Re:Fun stuff by Barny · 2010-04-01 16:40 · Score: 1
  
  Bah, you want the really fun one?
  use your arrow keys to,
  up up down down left right left right (then press) b a :)
  
  --
  ...
  /me sighs
rofl by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 11:45 · Score: 0

guest@xkcd:/$ vi
You should really use emacs.
guest@xkcd:/$ emacs
You should really use vim.
guest@xkcd:/$ nano
You should really use an editor.
guest@xkcd:/$
shell commands by Jeremy+Erwin · 2010-04-01 11:46 · Score: 0, Redundant

guest@xkcd:/$ whoami You are Richard Stallman. guest@xkcd:/$ emacs You should really use vim. guest@xkcd:/$ vim You should really use emacs. guest@xkcd:/$ nano You should really use an editor.
guest@xkcd:/$ sudo shutdown
The System is going down for maintenance NOW!
and it does.
Interestingly, tex is not installed.
find.... by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 11:46 · Score: 0

guest@xkcd:/$ find
What do you want to find? Kitten would be nice.
guest@xkcd:/$ find kitten
Re:Hasn't everyone written a bogus shell at some t by Technician · 2010-04-01 11:48 · Score: 1

I actually saw more of their site by the command line than I normaly do. I normaly read the comics. On the command line I explored and found they are building a school in Laos. Wow, I never knew that before. It is amazing what can be found from the command line. I like it.
It was harder to read the comics from it though. I'll have to keep looking to find the archive.

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more commands by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 11:48 · Score: 0

more funny: emacs, vim, echo, man
shutdown by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 11:48 · Score: 0

guest@xkcd:/$ sudo shutdown
Whoops... sorry guys!
Nerdiness by Alcoholist · 2010-04-01 11:49 · Score: 1

Awesome nerdiness. PgUp and PgDn work too. Now all it needs is a searching function:
grep Megan xkcd | more
Because we all know how much of a babe she is, even if she could stand to gain a few pounds.

--
Bibo Ergo Sum.
1. Re:Nerdiness by GeckoAddict · 2010-04-01 12:33 · Score: 1
  
  "find kitten"
  "date" = March 32nd
Infinite lives by Dachannien · 2010-04-01 11:49 · Score: 1

Konami code FTW.
Still doesn't protect you from that grue, though.
1. Re:Infinite lives by beleriand · 2010-04-01 22:26 · Score: 1
  
  repeat 5 times
Re:Hasn't everyone written a bogus shell at some t by mikael_j · 2010-04-01 11:50 · Score: 4, Informative

"sudo su -" doesn't work but "sudo make me a sandwich" does.

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man commands by MattLaughs · 2010-04-01 11:50 · Score: 1

guest@xkcd:/$ man last
Man, last night was AWESOME.
guest@xkcd:/$ man next
Request confirmed; you will be reincarnated as a man next.
guest@xkcd:/$ man woman
Oh, I'm sure you can figure it out.
guest@xkcd:/$ man help
Man, help me out here.
1. Re:man commands by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 12:51 · Score: 0
  
  guest@xkcd:/$ man cat
  You are now riding a half-man half-cat.
2. Re:man commands by M8e · 2010-04-01 21:52 · Score: 1
  
  guest@xkcd:/$ man next
  Request confirmed; you will be reincarnated as a man next.
Other fun things to do by Virak · 2010-04-01 11:51 · Score: 5, Informative
- Typing cat with an argument, naturally dumps that file to stdout. Typing cat without an argument does something entirely different.
- On a semi-related note, typing "find kitten" lets you find kitten.
- rm -rf / doesn't work because, like on any good *nix system, you're not normally running as root.
- But you can use sudo with this (and several other things) to do it anyway.
- apt-get upgrade (don't forget the sudo) will gladly suggest an upgrade to you if you're using Internet Explorer.
- Both vim and emacs are available, in a manner.
- man doesn't provide help for most commands, but it does provide some amusing responses for some of them.
- Try typing "look".
- Various commands don't really do anything, but provide amusing responses. Try ping, ssh, ed, kill, or asl.
- There's a command for people who read the source code (along with, you know, the names of all the other commands), but you should find that on your own.
- And many, many more!
1. Re:Other fun things to do by TubeSteak · 2010-04-01 12:15 · Score: 5, Informative
  
  Everything is containted in this javascript:
  http://www.xkcd.com/unixkcd/xkcd_cli_all.js
  You can root around to figure out some of the more obscure commands.
  
  --
  [Fuck Beta]
  o0t!
2. Re:Other fun things to do by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 12:19 · Score: 0
  
  Also, building on the Look, you can "go west" or "go south" etc.
3. Re:Other fun things to do by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 12:33 · Score: 0
  
  sudo make me a sandwich
4. Re:Other fun things to do by creepynut · 2010-04-01 12:56 · Score: 3, Informative
  
  If you get it from here it's a little more readable: http://github.com/chromakode/xkcdfools/blob/master/xkcd_cli.js
  (found via the "source code" link at the bottom of xkcd.com)
5. Re:Other fun things to do by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 13:04 · Score: 0
  
  wget is supported by inserting an iframe.
  Try typing wget http://www.xkcd.com for recursive fun.
6. Re:Other fun things to do by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 15:40 · Score: 0
  
  sudo rm -rf / works in a way, no commands work after that
  sudo reboot also works
  oddly su; reboot doesn't
7. Re:Other fun things to do by MagicM · 2010-04-01 16:04 · Score: 2, Informative
  
  The Konami code is anything but obscure my good man...
  And it is also awsome.
8. Re:Other fun things to do by Gumbercules!! · 2010-04-01 16:27 · Score: 1
  
  go west
  
  over and over again. I laughed
date by arndawg · 2010-04-01 11:53 · Score: 1

guest@xkcd:/$ date March 32nd
Vi and emacs by ezdude · 2010-04-01 11:55 · Score: 1

>>Vi >>You really should use emacs >>emacs >>You really should use vim
1. Re:Vi and emacs by spikeb · 2010-04-01 12:13 · Score: 1
  
  nano>> you should really use an editor ed >> you are not a diety
I read the source code. by Joeseph64 · 2010-04-01 11:55 · Score: 2, Informative

And by reading the source code, I found out that "I read the source code" yields a text heart.

Also, I cheated and read all the other commands you can use. (They're near the bottom of that file.)
That was good. by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 11:56 · Score: 0

This was pretty good. especially the commands no listed in help, so far I have:
su
sudo
finger
vi
emacs
vim
rm
cat
display
echo
bash
ssh
exit
1. Re:That was good. by EventHorizon_pc · 2010-04-01 12:29 · Score: 1
  
  Try entering "cheat"
Note to Neal Stephenson by gmuslera · 2010-04-01 11:58 · Score: 1

In the ending (at least of xkcd) still is the command line.
A shell that requires JavaScript?!? by noidentity · 2010-04-01 12:00 · Score: 1

Sorry, the CLI requires JavaScript to work. Please turn on JavaScript, or try the GUI Interface.

In my day, command shells didn't require JavaScript just to work. And we had to type both sides of the exchange, uphill both ways, and in the snow.
1. Re:A shell that requires JavaScript?!? by John+Hasler · 2010-04-01 12:09 · Score: 1
  
  > And we had to type both sides of the exchange, uphill both ways, and in the
  > snow.
  Lazy sods. We had to mail in decks of punch cards.
  
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2. Re:A shell that requires JavaScript?!? by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 12:24 · Score: 0
  
  In my day, command shells didn't require JavaScript just to work.
  Yea, but in those days I had to go all the way to your basement to check your new shell.
3. Re:A shell that requires JavaScript?!? by sconeu · 2010-04-01 16:20 · Score: 1
  
  You had punch cards? We had to send in a textual description of the plugboard configuration. In triplicate. In Morse code. Over a telegraph line.
  
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4. Re:A shell that requires JavaScript?!? by troll8901 · 2010-04-01 21:06 · Score: 1
  
  You had basements? We had to sleep in the wild open, and stay awake to fend off tigers, lions, vampires, and other creatures of the night. While enduring below-freezing temperatures and hailstorms the size of fists.
5. Re:A shell that requires JavaScript?!? by Tubal-Cain · 2010-04-07 10:03 · Score: 1
  
  Better than the smoke signals I used.
undocumented commands I've seen: by pushing-robot · 2010-04-01 12:00 · Score: 4, Informative

(most taken from the xkcd forum thread)
of course, (sudo) make me a sandwich
uname
su
sudo shutdown
sudo reboot
logout
pwd
lpr
clear
rm -rf /
find kitten
buy stuff
echo
finger
goto
date
irc/wget/curl
wget/curl xkcd.com
ping
vi/vim/emacs/nano
apt-get (moo)
sudo apt-get (update/upgrade/dist-upgrade)
moo
hello (joshua)
man (help) (cat) (last) (next)
go (west) (east) (south) (north)
look
light (lamp)
xyzzy
whoami
i read the source code
asl
cheat
buy stuff

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1. Re:undocumented commands I've seen: by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 12:09 · Score: 1, Informative
  
  There's also "go down".
2. Re:undocumented commands I've seen: by pushing-robot · 2010-04-01 12:12 · Score: 1
  
  and "reddit", though that's in the released source.
  
  --
  How can I believe you when you tell me what I don't want to hear?
3. Re:undocumented commands I've seen: by ljaguar · 2010-04-01 13:26 · Score: 1
  
  there is also this :(){ :|:& };:
4. Re:undocumented commands I've seen: by bkaul01 · 2010-04-01 13:53 · Score: 1
  
  And:
  go (down)
5. Re:undocumented commands I've seen: by nanospook · 2010-04-01 14:55 · Score: 1
  
  Your list doesn't include fuck
  
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  Have you fscked your local propeller head today?
6. Re:undocumented commands I've seen: by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 17:00 · Score: 0
  
  Another - try:
  $ fuck
7. Re:undocumented commands I've seen: by tian2992 · 2010-04-01 18:04 · Score: 1
  
  WOW, that was awesome, i tried it on my terminal, and BLAM! :D
8. Re:undocumented commands I've seen: by Alphanos · 2010-04-01 18:21 · Score: 1
  
  Try entering "next" when viewing the most recent comic. Then try "enable time travel".
  
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9. Re:undocumented commands I've seen: by rastos1 · 2010-04-01 22:24 · Score: 1
  
  You can also do Ctrl-D for logout
  
  guest@xkcd:/$ logout Bye.
  
  Also the key Alt is recognized, but no idea what it can be combined with. Pressing Ctrl followed by Alt shows Alt-Ctrl in the left bottom corner, but adding Delete does nothing.
10. Re:undocumented commands I've seen: by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-02 01:19 · Score: 0
  
  :(){ :|:& };: works, too.
man cat by techpain · 2010-04-01 12:15 · Score: 1

guest@xkcd:/$ man cat You are now riding a half-man half-cat.
Baah by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 12:20 · Score: 0

I just lost interest. :\ I want to navigate by clicking a button. Not guessing how to navigate.
Cool by GNUALMAFUERTE · 2010-04-01 12:24 · Score: 1

guest@xkcd:/$ cheat
*** FREE SHIPPING ENABLED ***
Awesome. So fucking awesome.
guest@xkcd:/$ sudo rm -rf /
guest@xkcd:/$ ls
Unrecognized command. Type "help" for assistance.

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Re:Hasn't everyone written a bogus shell at some t by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 12:29 · Score: 1, Informative

One of the most elaborate ones I found is: http://www.masswerk.at/jsuix/
I lol'ed by ewe2 · 2010-04-01 12:29 · Score: 0, Redundant

guest@xkcd:/$ look
You are at a computer using unixkcd.
Exits: west, south
guest@xkcd:/$ go west
Life is peaceful there.
Exits: east, west
guest@xkcd:/$ go west
In the open air.
Exits: east, west
guest@xkcd:/$ go west
Where the skies are blue.
Exits: east, west
guest@xkcd:/$ go west
This is what we're gonna do.
Exits: east, west
guest@xkcd:/$

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1. Re:I lol'ed by PottedMeat · 2010-04-01 14:48 · Score: 1
  
  I went south a few turns til I found my bed. Then command: sleep
  
  Funny :D
  
  Best site of the day!
next by Ageing+Metalhead · 2010-04-01 12:41 · Score: 1

Type "next" at the first comic: Time Travel Mode Not Enabled lol

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inspiration: pax lineups.. by Destoo · 2010-04-01 12:45 · Score: 1

Very funny. Does seem inspired by the get in line Game at PAX and PAX East. (He was at pax east last weekend)
While waiting in line, a host types text on a green screen type of term and asks questions to the crowd and launches interactive games, playable through txt'ing.
More info on their website.
http://getinlinegames.com/

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It even has APT by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 12:49 · Score: 0

apt-get moo
Re:Hasn't everyone written a bogus shell at some t by Jesus_666 · 2010-04-01 12:51 · Score: 1

I also like the Pet Shop Boys reference. That really was my first thought when I saw one of the exits and how to get there.

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I'm using w3m you insensitive clod! by martin-boundary · 2010-04-01 12:52 · Score: 1

Here's what I see in w3m:
--More-- Alt-Ctrl- SCR LOCK unixkcd A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. Sorry, the CLI requires JavaScript to work. Please turn on JavaScript, or try the GUI Interface. Art by Randall Munroe. XKCD CLI by Chromakode. Original CLI2 by Rod McFarland. Source code.
Ironically, I can use the GUI interface just fine. Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
backwards?! by Junta · 2010-04-01 12:57 · Score: 1

I found the interface, joke or no joke, to be exceedingly awesome from a functional standpoint.
I want MORE websites with a design like this.

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PC LOAD LETTER by jamesh · 2010-04-01 13:00 · Score: 1

My only disappointment was that I didn't get a witty response when I typed "What the fuck does that mean?" in response to "PC LOAD LETTER". Oh well, 99/100 aint bad!
In the end, by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 13:02 · Score: 0

And in the end, I will still eaten by a grue!
FFFUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, but by bit9 · 2010-04-01 13:04 · Score: 5, Funny

I've written a couple different fake shells, but usually just as a practical joke. Such as: C:\ > dir WARNING, ALL DATA ON NON-REMOVABLE DISK DRIVE C: WILL BE LOST! Proceed with Format? y Formatting 248.9 GB...3% I've also written a BSOD screensaver, which was really fun. I also once hacked someone's existing screensaver to throw in an occasional subliminal message like "Do it." or "Kill him." Oh, and don't forget the ol' replacing someone's desktop background with a screen-shot of their old desktop, and then deleting all the icons. That's always good for a few laughs.
1. Re:Yes, but by veganboyjosh · 2010-04-01 14:41 · Score: 2, Interesting
  
  Not a prank since it was my own computer, but I once had a desktop at work with the image set as a screensaver being a screenshot of the same desktop. the icons were only slightly out of kilter, so it wasn't always obvious which ones were real or not. In a few weeks, the icons on the desktop changed, and it was more confusing.
  
  my boss hated it.
2. Re:Yes, but by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 21:40 · Score: 0
  
  I prefer to do the desktop-image-as-background trick with some kind of error popup included. Since they can't dismiss the error window, the user often assumes that the computer has crashed and will reset it.
  Ah, evil times, evil times.*
  *as opposed to "good times"
3. Re:Yes, but by owlstead · 2010-04-01 22:35 · Score: 1
  
  Nice pranks :) I like to start up a VM in full screen mode and do a full format on the hard disk (hint, use a static sized *virtual* hard disk). The fun was that the last person I tried it on did not even notice my mail application running on the other monitor.
4. Re:Yes, but by TheThiefMaster · 2010-04-01 22:42 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  I may have recreated the windows login screen once.
  It didn't actually work, of course. It always error'd when they tried to login, but it caught a fair few people whose usernames and passwords were identical.
5. Re:Yes, but by RevWaldo · 2010-04-02 00:14 · Score: 1
  
  The best lo-fi ol-skool version of this type of prank is the black-construction-paper-between-the-monitor-and-the-anti-glare-screen trick. But you start to feel bad when floor support shows up.
  
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GPL violation? by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 13:08 · Score: 0

According to "cat license.txt", the command-line interface is under the GPL - however, the linked source code obviously does not correspond to the live version. Does this mean that XKCD violated the license of own website?
1. Re:GPL violation? by makomk · 2010-04-02 03:44 · Score: 1
  
  Nope. The GPL requires you to offer source in the preferred form for development. It looks like the changes in the live version were made directly to the stripped code on the website and only backported to the proper source code later, so they're meeting the GPL requirements.
Petitionspot vulnerability? by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 13:13 · Score: 0

http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/xkcdclihomepage/signatures/1200
#1205 ftw
Possible bug? by benedictaddis · 2010-04-01 13:17 · Score: 2, Interesting

rm store works even though it's a folder. Is this a bug?
Already permanent. by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 13:21 · Score: 5, Informative

guest@xkcd:/$ hint
This terminal will remain available at http://xkcd.com/unixkcd/
The petition people need to use the source, luke.
(hint is a random reply command, try it several times for that comment)
1. Re:Already permanent. by libcrypto · 2010-04-01 23:59 · Score: 1
  
  Currently Broken.
  
  JavaScript Error:
  Warning: The 'charCode' property of a keydown event should not be used. The value is meaningless.
  Source File: http://uni.xkcd.com/ Line: 0
2. Re:Already permanent. by aldld · 2010-04-02 01:55 · Score: 1
  
  Now located at http://uni.xkcd.com/
Re:Hasn't everyone written a bogus shell at some t by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 13:27 · Score: 0

"su" works.
Re:I get "Sorry, the CLI requires JavaScript to wo by maxume · 2010-04-01 13:36 · Score: 1

Yeah, it loads jquery from there:
http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js
So Google knows that people loaded jquery from the XKCD page. How pernicious.

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!New by memco · 2010-04-01 14:24 · Score: 1

Now, I think this is just as cool as the next guy, but this isn't all that new. There is the Wordpress CLI, and others I'm sure.

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Re:Hasn't everyone written a bogus shell at some t by davidphogan74 · 2010-04-01 14:25 · Score: 1

I loved typing next once, then (up arrow) (enter) over and over.
ask whoami by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 14:35 · Score: 0

very funny
whoami - You are Richard Stallman
check out here for a few more
http://buzzintechnology.com/2010/04/unixkcd-xkcd-is-unix-y-today/
Best yet by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 14:36 · Score: 0

guest@xkcd:/$ next
Time travel mode not enabled.
Fork Bomb by wadey+fh · 2010-04-01 14:41 · Score: 1

You can fork bomb the shell as well :) You have to do this exactly (with the proper whitespace to get it to work): :(){ :|:& };:
Re:Hasn't everyone written a bogus shell at some t by jc42 · 2010-04-01 14:42 · Score: 5, Funny

Well, "sudo make me a sandwich" works only in the minimal sense of replying "Okay."
I'd have been more impressed if it replied "Okay, you're a sandwich."

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April Fools by skam240 · 2010-04-01 14:42 · Score: 1

So who wants to agree with me that Slashdot's April Fools was way more of an annoyance than it was anything positive. I visit news sites for news. If i wanted mock news I'd go to the Onion (which is great).

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1. Re:April Fools by KingOfTheDustBunnies · 2010-04-01 15:56 · Score: 1
  
  But what if you happen to want mock news on April 1? Then Slashdot and other "real-news" sites are your only hope, seeing as how The Onion prints only real news for April Fools' Day.
S+ Gs by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 14:48 · Score: 0

i tried: :(){ :|:& };:
but the server did not Slashdot as i would have hoped
I Don't Like It by BlueBat · 2010-04-01 15:03 · Score: 1

I saw it and tried random a few times and came out with the big comics but couldn't scroll up to see the beginning of the dang comic. Makes it very frustrating.
1. Re:I Don't Like It by troll8901 · 2010-04-01 21:15 · Score: 1
  
  The Page Up and Page Down works in the CLI.
2. Re:I Don't Like It by M8e · 2010-04-01 22:02 · Score: 1
  
  use scroll lock to enable scrolling.
Try :(){:|:&};: by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 15:07 · Score: 0

It seems to work (in the sense that it doesn't, of course). No need for spaces.
having troubles... by flogger · 2010-04-01 15:16 · Score: 1

am having troubles with vi and emacs.....

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Obligatory xkcd by drsquare · 2010-04-01 15:37 · Score: 1

http://www.xkcd.com/
!Lame by ConstantiusChlorus · 2010-04-01 15:42 · Score: 1

For some reason I always associate April fools jokes with the word lame.

This time the exclamation mark is at the front. Slashdot editors take note!
Some more easter eggs by Nuitari+The+Wiz · 2010-04-01 15:48 · Score: 1

guest@xkcd:/$ who
Doctor Who?
(on the last comic)
guest@xkcd:/$ next
Time travel mode not enabled.
guest@xkcd:/$ enable time travel
TARDIS error: Time Lord missing.
guest@xkcd:/$ cat xkcd.com
You're a kitty!
Time Travel, anyone? by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 15:53 · Score: 0

Favourite ever, found it by mistake, not by having read it somewhere.
Type in "next"
Then type in "Enable Time Travel"
3 DW
Re:Hasn't everyone written a bogus shell at some t by Elvii · 2010-04-01 16:03 · Score: 1

I have.. my first fake command line was in DOS, ages ago. My poor friend didn't let me touch his computer for a long time after that..

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it is now April 2nd @ 12:01 AM EDT by waterwingz · 2010-04-01 16:05 · Score: 2, Informative

fun all done

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1. Re:it is now April 2nd @ 12:01 AM EDT by Funnnny · 2010-04-01 22:54 · Score: 1
  
  Wow, now I can't use the command line anymore :(
Re:Hasn't everyone written a bogus shell at some t by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 16:52 · Score: 1, Informative

http://xkcd.com/149/
Re:Hasn't everyone written a bogus shell at some t by Molochi · 2010-04-01 17:03 · Score: 1

Yeah that was the first thing I tried.
I was hoping for an easter egg, I mean it's easter right?

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Re:Hasn't everyone written a bogus shell at some t by Molochi · 2010-04-01 17:07 · Score: 1

"make me a sandwich" does just that.

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Re:Hasn't everyone written a bogus shell at some t by JWSmythe · 2010-04-01 17:07 · Score: 1

Actually, I spent a little time going through the javascript that runs it. There's more than one game. :) I copied the whole thing down so I can play with it later. I figured sometime today he'd take it away. It's gone now.

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Re:Hasn't everyone written a bogus shell at some t by Molochi · 2010-04-01 17:08 · Score: 1

oh found it.

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Mmmmm... by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 17:40 · Score: 0

guest@xkcd:/$ finger
Mmmmmm...
guest@xkcd:/$ more
Oh, yes! More! More!
guest@xkcd:/$ finger
Mmmmmm...
guest@xkcd:/$ more
Oh, yes! More! More!
guest@xkcd:/$ finger
Mmmmmm...
guest@xkcd:/$ more
Oh, yes! More! More!
I came.
Re:Hasn't everyone written a bogus shell at some t by nlewis · 2010-04-01 17:59 · Score: 2, Informative

It's gone now.
It's not completely gone - it's just been relocated here.
Cool interface... by BrokenHalo · 2010-04-01 19:07 · Score: 2, Informative

Just for curiosity's sake, I tried

whoami
and got
You are Richard Stallman.

And "pwd" yields
You are in a maze of twisty passages, all alike.
Full gender support in UNIXKCD by street_astrologist · 2010-04-01 19:08 · Score: 1

guest@xkcd:/$ man woman
Oh, I'm sure you can figure it out.
The petition is unnecessary... by headLITE · 2010-04-01 19:18 · Score: 5, Informative

...it's still there if you use this link: http://xkcd.com/unixkcd/
1. Re:The petition is unnecessary... by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 23:45 · Score: 1, Informative
  
  It's not working though. Both FF and IE show JS errors.
2. Re:The petition is unnecessary... by The+Aethereal · 2010-04-02 00:18 · Score: 3, Informative
  
  Not working for me either in FF or IE. Though I get no js errors. Just a prompt where I can't type anything.
3. Re:The petition is unnecessary... by laserfeet · 2010-04-02 01:13 · Score: 1
  
  Ditto with FF on Ubuntu 8.04
4. Re:The petition is unnecessary... by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-02 01:46 · Score: 0
  
  Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'num' of null xkcd.com/unixkcd/xkcd_cli_all.js:31Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'num'
5. Re:The petition is unnecessary... by karlzt · 2010-04-02 02:59 · Score: 0
  
  How can I enable Time travel mode?
6. Re:The petition is unnecessary... by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-02 07:12 · Score: 0
  
  Switch off noscript, fool.
Try this by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 21:57 · Score: 0

Try typing "make love"
Re:Hasn't everyone written a bogus shell at some t by Robert+Zenz · 2010-04-01 22:09 · Score: 1

And of course it is still on GitHub: http://github.com/chromakode/xkcdfools
internal error by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-01 22:24 · Score: 0

"sudo sudo" results in the following: "An internal error occured: InternalError: too much recursion"
Re:Hasn't everyone written a bogus shell at some t by owlstead · 2010-04-01 22:33 · Score: 1

Well, the first problem is that my computer reads that as (sudo)(make me)(a sandwich). And I don't want to be a sandwich.
My favorite - F*ck by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-02 00:53 · Score: 0

fuck - I have a headache!
Re:Hasn't everyone written a bogus shell at some t by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-02 01:11 · Score: 0

Uhm, it was a reference to http://xkcd.com/149/, so the response was canonical.
Re:Hasn't everyone written a bogus shell at some t by Rysc · 2010-04-02 01:42 · Score: 1

Canonical but not much fun. This should be the behavior only if you set CANON_ME_HARDER to 1.

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Re:Hasn't everyone written a bogus shell at some t by karlzt · 2010-04-02 03:04 · Score: 0

halt doesn't work
man man by karlzt · 2010-04-02 03:11 · Score: 0

guest@xkcd:/$ man man
Oh, I'm sure you can figure it out.
next by karlzt · 2010-04-02 03:16 · Score: 0

guest@xkcd:/$ next
Time travel mode not enabled.
How do I enable time travel mode?
Browsing the comics.. by Hoegje · 2010-04-02 04:13 · Score: 1

display 404 is another one I stumbled upon!
Re:Hasn't everyone written a bogus shell at some t by dzfoo · 2010-04-02 04:23 · Score: 1

I tried "cat lolz" and it responded with "You're a kitty!"
Heh.
-dZ.

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Tab by bobsledbob · 2010-04-02 06:06 · Score: 1

What, no tab-complete?!

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Re:Hasn't everyone written a bogus shell at some t by jc42 · 2010-04-02 07:26 · Score: 1

Yeah, and I can remember thinking "How boring; I can think of several funnier replies" when I read that one.

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Petition a scam? by epiteo · 2010-04-02 19:41 · Score: 1

The petition appears to be scamming. I donated USD 10 when it said it was at 190 of 250 and then I got a mail and when I clicked it I got another request to donate and it still said 190 of 250.

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recursive goodness by crtreece · 2010-04-03 08:12 · Score: 1

wget http://xkcd.com/unixkcd/
lather, rinse, repeat.

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