Christmas song for unix hackers


        better !pout !cry
        better watchout
        lpr why
        santa claus < north pole >town

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

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

(by Frank Carey, AT&T Bell Laboratories, 1985)

Santa Claus is Coming to Town

You'd better watch out, you'd better not cry;
You'd better not pout, I'm telling you why;
Santa Claus is coming to town.

He's checking his list, checking it twice;
Going to find out who's been naughty and nice.
Santa Claus is coming to town.

He knows who is sleeping, he knows who is awake.
He knows who has been bad or good;
So be good for goodness sake.

You'd better watch out, you'd better not cry;
You'd better not pout, I'm telling you why;
Santa Claus is coming to town.