It’s Christmas time…

I recently happened to see a funny forward from my senior colleague(not named intentionally) at work.

This is funny, as it involves geek humor and a remarkable sense of humor that too.

This is to share with you guys and also to make a note to myself.

It’s a Unix shell script to remind the kid in us of Santa Claus and make the most of it during Christmas time.

#!/bin/sh

better !pout !cry
better watchout
lpr why
santa claus town

cat /etc/passwd >list
ncheck list
ncheck list
cat list | grep naughty > nogiftlist
cat list | grep nice > giftlist
santa claus town

who | grep sleeping
who | grep awake
who | egrep 'bad|good'
for (goodness sake) {
     be good
}

How I wish there is a Santa Claus who is the System administrator and who gives out gifts at the end of the year

Enjoy the rest of the year folks!

PS: For the uninitiated, here is the original

You better watch out
You better not cry
Better not pout
I’m telling you why
Santa Claus is coming to town

He’s making a list, And checking it twice;
Gonna find out Who’s naughty and nice.
Santa Claus is coming to town

He sees you when you’re sleeping
He knows when you’re awake
He knows if you’ve been bad or good
So be good for goodness sake!