| Original | New lyrics |
|---|---|
| Where can you find pleasure, search the world for treasure | Where can you find power, be a superuser |
| Learn science technology? | Learn prompt and technology |
| Where can you begin to make your dreams all come true | Where can you begin to make your dreams all come true |
| On the land or on the sea? | by command rather than gui? |
| Where can you learn to fly, play in sports and skin dive | where can you make programs change or move delete files |
| Study oceanography? | in just one letter or three? |
| Sign off for the big band or sit in the grandstand | escape with oblique line, space in name don’t work fine |
| access root with a slash, escape with anti-slash | |
| When your team and others meet | Why does it say “File missing”? |
| In the navy | in the shell script |
| Yes, you can sail the seven seas | path absolute or relative? |
| In the navy | in the shell script |
| Yes, you can put your mind at ease | be careful it’s case sensitive! |
| In the navy | in the shell script |
| Come on now, people, make a stand | come on now people use command |
| In the navy, in the navy | in the shell script |
| Can’t you see we need a hand | Stop putting space in filnames! |
| In the navy | in the shell script |
| Come on, protect the motherland | Or put quotes around your pathnames! |
| In the navy | In the shell script |
| Come on and join your fellow man | But how to change directory? |
| In the navy | Just use CD |
| Come on people and make a stand | Oh right I change dir with CD! |
| In the navy, in the navy, in the navy, oh | In the shell script, in the shell script, oh |
| They want you, they want you | press the tab, press the tab |
| They want you as a new recruit | press the tab will autocomplete |
| If you like adventure, don’t you wait to enter | count with wc don’t forget the dash -c |
| The recruiting office fast | If you want to count letters |
| Don’t you hesitate, there is no need to wait | But if I were you, ’would use -w |
| They’re signing up new seamen fast | that count words and rhymes better! |
| Maybe you are too young to join up today | Forget click by the way, CTRL+E CTRL+A |
| But don’t you worry ’bout a thing | will be far more insteresting! |
| For I’m sure there will be always a good navy | Push up your arrow key, explore your history |
| Protecting the land and sea | CTRL+R and you will see |
| In the navy | in the shell script |
| Yes, you can sail the seven seas | " No such file or directory" |
| In the navy | In the shell script |
| Yes, you can put your mind at ease | “Operation is not permited!” |
| In the navy | in the shell script |
| Come on people, fall an’ make a stand | Are you sure it’s the right command? |
| In the navy, in the navy | in the shell script, in the shell script |
| Can’t you see we need a hand | Don’t put space in your filenames |
| In the navy | in the shell script |
| Come on, protect the motherland | or put slash behind the space |
| In the navy | in the shell script |
| Come on and join your fellow man | come on now people use command |
| In the navy | in the shell script |
| Come on people and make a stand | But how to move directory? |
| In the navy, in the navy, in the navy, in the navy | in the shell script, in the shell script, in the shell script |
| They want you, they want you | press the tab, press the tab |
| They want you as a new recruit | press the tab will autocomplete |
| Who me? | mv? |
| They want you, they want you | press the tab, press the tab |
| They want you as a new recruit | press the tab will autocomplete |
| But, but, but, I’m afraid of water | but, but, but, I can’t remove the folder! |
| Hey, hey look man | I read the “man” |
| I get seasick even watchin’ it on TV | But rm -d says it’s not empty |
| They want you, they want you in the navy | press the tab in the shell script |
| Oh my goodness | Oh check ls |
| They want you | yer not empty |
| What am I gonna do in a submarine? | What do you mean recursive? |
| They want you | press the tab |
| They want you, they want you in the navy | |
| In the navy | in the shell script |
| Yes, you can sail the seven seas | path absolute or relative ? |
| In the navy | in the shell script |
| Yes, you can put your mind at ease | be careful it’s case sensitive |
| In the navy | in the shell script |
| Come on people, fall in make a stand | Are you sure it’s the right command? |
| In the navy, in the navy | in the shell script, in the shell script |
| Can’t you see we need a hand | Don’t put space in your filenames |
| In the navy | in the shell script |
| Come on, protect the motherland | or put quotes at the right place |
| In the navy | in the shell script |
| Come on and join your fellow man | come on now people use command |
| In the navy | in the shell script |
| Come on people and make a stand | Don’t put space in your filenames |
Thanks to my Kattis and Carolina at Uppsala Women Coding for boosting the group. Swedish terminal users can see see Kattis and her terminal workshop and Carolina’s blogpost .
On the more international community, the lyrics writing was a lot inspired by the notebook of Melanie Walsh.
Lyricist: @mardub (gitlab) or @mardub1635 (github) www.uppsala.aimardubr-site@yahoo.com
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