Fun (or weird) aliases to configure

After half an hour of randomly re-reading xkcd strips, I thought I’d start a meme: Fun or weird aliases for commands.
Kick start, aliases for “sudo”:

simonsays apt-get install python2.5
please apt-get install python2.5
youdo apt-get install python2.5

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Comments for “Fun (or weird) aliases to configure”

  1. # May 31st, 2008 at 6:30 am

    Greg Said:

    Brilliant! I want to do this for real. :)

  2. # May 31st, 2008 at 11:01 am

    Henning von Roeder Said:

    Now I know what I am doing on the weekend, thanks

  3. # May 31st, 2008 at 12:32 pm

    Jonas Said:

    Personally I like using ‘fucking’ as an alias for sudo.

    $ rm foo
    rm: cannot remove `asdf’: Permission denied
    $ fucking rm foo

    Makes it feel like the machine will carry out an order it first refused to do if only you tell it angrily enough :)

  4. # June 2nd, 2008 at 4:52 pm

    Stoffe Said:

    I like the ‘please’ one, but I’m thinking of aliasing it to ’sudo aptitude’:

    $ please install python2.5
    $ please update
    $ please upgrade
    :)

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