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Freebsd Fortunes 2:  698 of 1371

A is for awk, which runs like a snail, and
B is for biff, which reads all your mail.
C is for cc, as hackers recall, while
D is for dd, the command that does all.
E is for emacs, which rebinds your keys, and
F is for fsck, which rebuilds your trees.
G is for grep, a clever detective, while
H is for halt, which may seem defective.
I is for indent, which rarely amuses, and
J is for join, which nobody uses.
K is for kill, which makes you the boss, while
L is for lex, which is missing from DOS.
M is for more, from which less was begot, and
N is for nice, which it really is not.
O is for od, which prints out things nice, while
P is for passwd, which reads in strings twice.
Q is for quota, a Berkeley-type fable, and
R is for ranlib, for sorting ar table.
S is for spell, which attempts to belittle, while
T is for true, which does very little.
U is for uniq, which is used after sort, and
V is for vi, which is hard to abort.
W is for whoami, which tells you your name, while
X is, well, X, of dubious fame.
Y is for yes, which makes an impression, and
Z is for zcat, which handles compression.
                -- THE ABC'S OF UNIX
 
Freebsd Fortunes 2:  699 of 1371

A joint is just tea for two.
 
Freebsd Fortunes 2:  700 of 1371

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance from Sam.
 
Freebsd Fortunes 2:  701 of 1371

A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
                -- Lao Tsu
 
Freebsd Fortunes 2:  702 of 1371

A journey of a thousand miles starts under one's feet.
                -- Lao Tsu
 
Freebsd Fortunes 2:  703 of 1371

A jug of wine, a bowl of rice with it;
Earthen vessels
Simply handed in through the window.
There is certainly no blame in this.
 
Freebsd Fortunes 2:  704 of 1371

A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.
                -- Robert Frost
 
Freebsd Fortunes 2:  705 of 1371

A key to the understanding of all religions is that a God's idea of a
good time is a game of Snakes and Ladders with greased rungs.
 
Freebsd Fortunes 2:  706 of 1371

A kid'll eat the middle of an Oreo, eventually.
 
Freebsd Fortunes 2:  707 of 1371

A kind of Batman of contemporary letters.
                -- Philip Larkin on Anthony Burgess
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