Geek Christmas carols – answered

Noels[0];
“The First Noel”

for k=[1:3]; it=snow; end;
“Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow…”

0 0 12 25 * cd ~
“I’ll Be Home For Christmas” (Unix crontab entry)

tree -i O ./xmess
“O Xmess Tree” (okay, that was a bit of a stretch)

nice@town# adduser -e 12/26/06 Santa
“Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town”

mv -f reindeer Grandma
“Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer”

chmod 777 Joy
“Joy To The World”

midnight = (unsigned char *) calloc(bufSize,1); memcpy(midnight, it, bufSize);
“It Came Upon A Midnight Clear”

diff /dev/dsp /dev/audio
“Do You Hear What I Hear”

night=sparse(night);
“O Holy Night” (technically “holey”)

cat | woods > river
“Over The River And Through The Woods”

cat night > /dev/null
“Silent Night”

which child
“What Child Is This”

gzip ~/merry_christmas
“Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas”

smixer vol pcm 100; cat angels.wav /dev/mixer
“Angels We Have Heard On High” (mine goes up to 11!)

Scott got all but two; I am highly impressed.