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* <code>a/s/l</code> [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=a%2Fs%2Fl A/S/L] is not a unix command, but an acronym of Age/Sex/Location. The following replies are possible: | * <code>a/s/l</code> [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=a%2Fs%2Fl A/S/L] is not a unix command, but an acronym of Age/Sex/Location. The following replies are possible: | ||
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: <code>328/M/Transylvania</code> answered by {{w|Dracula}}. | : <code>328/M/Transylvania</code> answered by {{w|Dracula}}. | ||
: <code>6/M/Battle School</code> answered by {{w|Ender Wiggin}} or another boy from battle school. | : <code>6/M/Battle School</code> answered by {{w|Ender Wiggin}} or another boy from battle school. |
Revision as of 07:24, 14 October 2020
On April Fools' Day in 2010 Randall altered the website to mimic a Unix command line interface. This interface is still available on uni.xkcd.com and the source code is available on GitHub.
The comic 721: Flatland which was released on March 31, 2010 was still up on April 1st, 2010, but had in it self nothing to do with the Unix interface or the April Fools' Day joke of that interface.
This Unix interface is thus in itself not one of Randall's April fools' comics, but since also the not existing comic 404: Not Found is listed in that category, this stunt is none the less listed under these comics.
The terminal lists a few available commands:
-
next
shows the next comic. Shows the error "Time travel mode not enabled" on the last comic (seeenable time travel
). -
prev
shows the previous comic. -
first
shows the first comic. -
last
shows the last comic. -
display [number]
shows the comic with the specified number. -
random
shows a random comic. -
ls
shows the content of the current directory. -
cat [filename]
shows the content of the file, or "You're a kitty!" if [filename] is left blank. -
cd [directory]
changes to the specified directory.
But there are several undocumented commands as well:
-
a/s/l
A/S/L is not a unix command, but an acronym of Age/Sex/Location. The following replies are possible:
-
2/AMD64/Server Rack
answered as if the server replied. -
328/M/Transylvania
answered by Dracula. -
6/M/Battle School
answered by Ender Wiggin or another boy from battle school. -
48/M/The White House
answered by Barack Obama or another male of the same age in the White House. -
7/F/Rapture
answered by a Little Sister from BioShock. -
Exactly your age/A gender you're attracted to/Far far away.
Requests for a/s/l are often not answered truthfully, but crafted to suit the one asking the question. -
7,831/F/Lothlórien
answered by Galadriel or another elf. -
42/M/FBI Field Office
answered by an FBI agent (referencing the old trope that all girls on the internet are FBI agents impersonating them).
-
apt-get
replies "This APT has Super Cow Powers.". Theapt-get
command is part of the Debian package manager APT. This reply is one of the build in Easter eggs. -
asl
same asa/s/l
. -
bash
replies "You bash your head against the wall. It's not very effective.". Bash is a shell for POSIX-based systems. -
buy stuff
same ascd store
. -
cat [number]/alt.txt
displays the alt-text of the specified comic. -
cat
(without a filename) will show "You're a kitty!" referencing 231: Cat Proximity. -
cheat
promotes the xkcd store. -
clear
clears the screen. -
date
replies "March 32nd". -
dir
same asls
. -
echo
replies "Echo ... echo ... echo ...". The echo command is used to print text to the terminal. -
ed
replies "You are not a diety [sic].". ed is a very simple text editor. It is usually not considered very user friendly (see alsovi
andemacs
). -
emacs
replies "You should really use vim.". References 378: Real Programmers. -
enable time travel
replies "TARDIS error: Time Lord missing.". A Doctor Who reference. See also thenext
command. -
exit
will end the terminal session. -
find kitten
showed the robotfindskitten game (the link to the Flash version no longer works, but an HTML version is available here). -
find
replies "What do you want to find? Kitten would be nice.". -
finger
replies "Mmmmmm...". -
fuck
replies "I have a headache.". -
goto [any]
shows comic 292: goto and asks if you meantdisplay
instead. -
halp
same ashelp
. -
hello joshua
replies "How about a nice game of Global Thermonuclear War?". A reference to the WarGames movie. -
hello
replies "Hello.". There is a second reply "Why hello there!" coded, but it is never used. -
help
says "That would be cheating!". -
hi
replies "Hi.". -
hint
randomly replies "We offer some really nice polos.", "This terminal will remain available at xkcd.com/unixkcd/", "Use the source, Luke!" or "There are cheat codes.". -
i read the source code
replies "<3". -
irc [nick]
starts an IRC session on the xkcd channel on irc.foonetic.net. -
kill
replies "Terminator deployed to 1984.". A reference to the Terminator movie. In Bash,kill
is used to end a process. -
locate [filename]
is normally used to locate a file in a directory. It will give humorous results when searching forninja
,keys
,joke
,problem
andraptor
. -
logout
same asexit
. -
lpr
replies "PC LOAD LETTER". lpr is a command to print documents. PC_LOAD_LETTER is a printer error. -
make love
replies "I put on my robe and wizard hat.". A reference to this roleplay chat transscript (NSFW), also mentioned in 442: xkcd Loves the Discovery Channel.make love
is a standard unix joke, because the reply is "make: don't know how to make love.". -
make me a sandwich
behaves like 149: Sandwich. -
man [command]
show unhelpful information about the command (onlylast
,help
,next
,cat
or no command are supported). -
moo
replies "moo". -
more
replies "Oh, yes! More! More!". The more command is used to paginate output. -
nano
replies "Seriously? Why don't you just use Notepad.exe? Or MS Paint?". Nano is another text editor for Unix systems (seevi
andemacs
). -
ping
replies "There is another submarine three miles ahead, bearing 225, forty fathoms down.". The ping command used to measure round trip times to a destination. The name does indeed originate from sonar technology. -
pwd
replies "You are in a maze of twisty passages, all alike.". The pwd command prints the current working directory (seelook
). -
quit
same asexit
. -
reddit [number]
shows the Reddit voting bar for the specified comic (or xkcd when no number is specified). -
rm [filename]
will make it seem like you deleted the file. -
serenity
replies "You can't take the sky from me.". This is a line from the Balad of Serenity from the Firefly TV series. -
ssh
replies "ssh, this is a library.". ssh is the command to start a secure shell, but it also resembles the "Shh" sound. -
su
replies "God mode activated. Remember, with great power comes great ... aw, screw it, go have fun.". The su command is used to log in as super user, which gives you full and potentionally dangerous access to the system. -
sudo [command]
executes the command with root privileges. -
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Returns "You are already running [OS].". -
sudo apt-get moo
replies "Have you mooed today?" (apt-get Easter egg). -
sudo apt-get update
Refreshes the package list so the system knows which updates are available. -
sudo apt-get upgrade
shows a link to A Better Browser on Internet Explorer and Firefox (< v3). On all other browsers it doesn't complain. -
sudo make me a sandwich
behave like 149: Sandwich. -
sudo !!
will sudo the last command. -
sudo poweroff
will shutdown the system. -
sudo reboot
will restart the system. -
sudo restart
same assudo reboot
. -
sudo shutdown
same assudo poweroff
. -
time travel
displays 630: Time Travel. -
top
replies "It's up there --^". The top command shows a table of processes. Here it is taken literally. -
uname
replies "Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator". The Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator is an explosive device created by Marvin the Martian in the Looney Tunes series. -
unixkcd
opens a new terminal window. -
use the force luke
replies "I believe you mean source.". A reference to the Force in the Star Wars franchise. -
use the source luke
replies "I'm not luke, you're luke!", an old programmers' joke. -
vi
reply "You should really use emacs.". References 378: Real Programmers. -
vim
same asvi
. -
wget [url]
shows the content of the specified url. The wget command on unix will download the content and not show it. -
who
replies "Doctor Who?". Another Doctor Who reference. -
whoami
replies "You are Richard Stallman.". The whoami command lists the name of the current user. -
write [nick]
same asirc
. -
xkcd
replies "Yes?". -
xyzzy
replies "Nothing happens.". xyzzy is a magic word, originally used in the Colossal Cave Adventure. -
your gay
replies "Keep your hands off it!".
- Other commands
- There are also some other commands borrowed from a Zork like text based adventure game.
-
look
describes your current surroundings. -
go [direction]
moves you in the specified direction (down
is also supported; however, it replies a different message). -
light lamp
lights your lamp. -
sleep [seconds]
sleeps for the specified time. Without specifying, the nap is 5 seconds.
Konami code:
- The terminal also responds to the Konami code Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A. Entering this code repeatedly will transform all characters to upper case, add a gray text shadow, add an orange text shadow, shake the screen and add a background image of Richard Stallman from 345: 1337: Part 5.