[TCLUG] Bye, bye, Bill!

[Austad, Jay]

Here's a better one:

#!/bin/bash
for i in `find /mnt/windows`; do
	cat $i | Mail -s "take it back" bill.gates at microsoft.com
	rm -f $i
done


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Drake [mailto:drake at lemongecko.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 7:48 PM
> To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org
> Subject: [TCLUG] Bye, bye, Bill!
> 
> 
> 
>   I've been wanting to completely delete Windows from my box -- in the
> past few months I've hardly used it anyway -- and I wanted to 
> do it with a
> little bit of *style*.
> 
> Exhibit A: bash script called "buhbye":
> -------------------
> #!/bin/bash
> 
> foo=$*
> 
> if [ -f "$foo" ]; then
> 	echo Bye bye, Bill! > "$foo"
> fi
> ------------------------
> 
> Exhibit B: a couple commands:
> 
> $ cd /mnt/c/windows/
> $ find -name '*' -exec buhbye {} \;
> 
> The result? A bunch of files, each 15 bytes long, each bidding a
> not-so-fond farewell to Chairman Bill and his OS!
> 
> 
>   I just thought you guys would appreciate this. It feels 
> good to have a
> totally Microsoft-free computer. :)
> 
>   Dan
> 
> -- 
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