New year's Unix haiku chain, for fun

by billwearon 1/2/2025, 3:16 PMwith 0 comments

happy new year. here’s a collection of twenty Unix-inspired haikus, strung together in Unix tool style. enjoy.

1.

Shell whispers commands, Pipes carry thoughts unseen, Files wait in silence.

2.

Awkward, but precise, Awk scripts slice through data’s fog, Patterns laid bare, whole.

3.

Man pages unfold, Cryptic wisdom hides within, Seek, and grep shall find.

4.

Chmod's gentle touch, Permissions carved from pure need, Root guards every key.

5.

Vim’s endless escape, Insert, delete, and persist, Lines converge, diverge.

6.

Git commits my past, Branches twist like ancient trees, Merge conflicts linger.

7.

Screen divides my world, Windows layer, tasks align, Detach to freedom.

8.

Cron breathes life at dawn, Scripts awaken, work begins, Time obeys my will.

9.

Sed rewrites the stream, Substitutes the broken text, Streams flow flawless now.

10.

Curl reaches out far, Hands grasping at distant threads, Webs of bytes return.

11.

Tar wraps memories, Compressing fragile moments, Files sleep, safe and still.

12.

Ps spies on the mind, Processes reveal themselves, Kill sends them to peace.

13.

Df tells the tale, Disk space vanishes like mist, Cleanup comes too late.

14.

Echo repeats me, A mirror of self’s design, Command-line mantra.

15.

Xargs multiplies hope, Feeding commands endless streams, Efficiency reigns.

16.

Top watches the stars, Processes dance in the void, Numbers sing their song.

17.

Find digs through the earth, Lost files whisper from the depths, Paths emerge again.

18.

Nano, humble friend, Simpler edits, fewer fights, No escape needed.

19.

Make builds dreams anew, Dependencies aligned, Errors beg repair.

20.

Unix fades to night, Terminal's glow flickers still, Scripts dream of tomorrow.

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