Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!dgharriss
From: dgharriss@watmath.waterloo.edu (Dermot G. Harriss)
Newsgroups: uw.unix
Subject: Re: trivia, core dump? okie dokie
Keywords: okie dokie
Message-ID: <28627@watmath.waterloo.edu>
Date: 24 Aug 89 13:15:46 GMT
References: <6250@watdcsu.waterloo.edu> <16085@watdragon.waterloo.edu>
Reply-To: dgharriss@watmath.waterloo.edu (Dermot G. Harriss)
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Organization: Math Faculty Computing Facility, University of Waterloo
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In article <16085@watdragon.waterloo.edu> jmsellens@watdragon.waterloo.edu (John M. Sellens) writes:
>In article <6250@watdcsu.waterloo.edu> walter@watdcsu.waterloo.edu (W. McCutchan - Computing Services) writes:
>>What is the simplest/shortest/bestest way to get "okie dokie" to print on
>>your screen.
>Is this like a contest, or do you want something usable?  By lots of
>measures, the best way is
>    echo okie dokie

I think the poster is probably recalling one of the Steve Hayman/tcj
"how to X with the fewest possible keystrokes" trivia contests.

In this case, I recall that Mail will respond "Okie dokie -- Core dumped"
if you type "core" in response to its prompt.  So, assuming you have mail
in your spool queue, and "mail" is an alias (link) to Mail (it usually is),
that's 8 keystrokes.  I don't know offhand if "Okie dokie" is a Steve
Haymanism or stock Mail message.

Cheers,
							-- Dermot