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biotech
http://xkcd.com/

The front page has an embedded command prompt. You can navigate the comics by typing "prev" and "next". It also supports some unix commands.

According to "license.txt":

    Client-side logic for Wordpress CLI theme :: R. McFarland, 2006, 2007, 2008
    jQuery rewrite and overhaul :: Chromakode, 2010
groaner
Thanks for the link. When I clicked the submission the first hit on the google search was, um, this page on HN.
hendler
A good prank in itself.
biotech
.. and now the second link is a reddit page. Since I wasn't able to use the original link (xkcd.com), I used a google search. I probably should have used the google search with the query "q=xkcd" instead. Unfortunately, I can't change the link target.
_l4lu 

  make me a sandwich
and

  sudo make me a sandwich
both work
dzuc 

  find kitten
scrame
make me a sandwich and sudo !! don't, though.
vgrajag
Following commands work: - ls - emacs - vim - man - cd - random - date - man first - man last - man help - cat - display XXX (shows comic #XXX)
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camtarn
"man cat" also works :)
beilabs
"hello joshua" is my favorite though.
Frazzydee
"man last" kind of turns me on.
substack
I ran the source through jsbeautifier.org yielding this: http://gist.github.com/351418

Some fun stuff:

* there is a MUD

* find kitten launches a mini-game

* apt-get moo

* i read the source code

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timthorn
Doesn't that spoil the fun of hunting for the Easter eggs?
nzmsv
Apparently not according to xkcd. Type

  i read the source code
Groxx
Hunting for Easter eggs on a CLI with no "help" command? Grab a dictionary, and start trying all 1, 2, and 3 word combinations, and let me know what you find. I can wait.
Luc
I was all excited and boggled by the idea of there being a MUD, but it's actually a (small) text adventure - not Multi User as far as I can see.
clistctrl
funny, I didn't see anything that would log attempted commands. I was expecting a comic displaying a graph aggregating attempted commands, perhaps relating to a failed relationship of his.
kmod
They do log them, via a GET request to /unixkcd/missing
euccastro
No need to read the source to know that these would work as expected:

* make me a sandwich

* sudo make me a sandwich

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invisible
For the MUD either light your lamp and go south twice or go south then...

javascript:Adventure.status.alive = true;Adventure.rooms['666'].exits = {'south': 11};void(0);

then go south again. Your choice :).

grndnl
"cat" "look" "man" "go" "light" "light lamp" "reddit" all work
clumsy_culhane
Theres an adventure mode. Try "look" and "go"
jazzychad
don't go south!
substack
Light your lamp before going south and you'll be fine.
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sankara
Awesome! Today's date is March 32nd.

guest@xkcd:/$ date

March 32nd

jey
What's doubly awesome is that the source code looks like it should say "March 22nd"!
joss82
Not if you look at the real source (not the github link above)
eam
I just noticed: Web Results 1 - 10 of about 157 for unixkcd. (0.04 nanocenturies) I didn't know google showed nanocenturies!

EDIT: Apparently google is just having fun as when I refresh I also see:

Web Results 1 - 10 of about 190 for unixkcd. (1.21 gigawatts)

  Web Results 1 - 10 of about 190 for unixkcd. (11.90 parsecs)

Web Results 1 - 10 of about 198 for unixkcd. (0.02 femtogalactic years)

Web Results 1 - 10 of about 198 for unixkcd. (0.09 microfortnights)

Web  Results 1 - 10 of about 190 for unixkcd. (0.12 centibeats)

All interesting units of time. :)

shrikant
I got: Results 1 - 10 of about 297 for unixkcd. (2.00 shakes of a lamb's tail)
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jballanc
Extra Internet bonus points for nailing 2 April Fools jokes with 1 HN post!
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ck2
I got (28.47 jiffies)
castis
1.07 times the velocity of an unladen swallow, at warp 9.11, 0.31e+43 Planck times
thalur
(0.55 times the velocity of an unladen swallow)
iag
This has got to be the coolest website for geeks. props.
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amohr
the adventure map:

0:{description:'You are at a computer using unixkcd.', exits:{west:1, south:10}},

1:{description:'Life is peaceful there.', exits:{east:0, west:2}},

2:{description:'In the open air.', exits:{east:1, west:3}},

3:{description:'Where the skies are blue.', exits:{east:2, west:4}},

4:{description:'This is what we\'re gonna do.', exits:{east:3, west:5}},

5:{description:'Sun in wintertime.', exits:{east:4, west:6}},

6:{description:'We will do just fine.', exits:{east:5, west:7}},

7:{description:'Where the skies are blue.', exits:{east:6, west:8}},

8:{description:'This is what we\'re gonna do.', exits:{east:7}},

10:{description:'A dark hallway.', exits:{north:0, south:11},

pavelludiq
COOL. Vimperator totally screws with it though.
mmavnn
<c-z> enters passthrough mode.
shrikant 

  sudo apt-get upgrade
What does Randall have against Firefox?
Roridge
nothing, it's a joke about upgrading from a command prompt to a gui
TorKlingberg
No, he put a || where I think it was meant to be &&:

if (($.browser.name == 'msie') || ($.browser.name == 'firefox' || $.browser.versionX < 3)) {

chromakode
This is true. Sleep deprivation and logic don't mix well. :)
Roridge
shame, would have been funnier if it were a joke.
Roridge
with no sense of irony re the date either
btipling
lot's of locate commands:

locate ninja for example.

        ninja: "Ninja can not be found!",
        keys: "Have you checked your coat pocket?",
        joke: "Joke found on user.",
        problem: "Problem exists between keyboard and chair.
stralep
shutdown -h 100000

And it goes immediately... Not good :)

[dead] caffogene
goto comicnumber

takes you the designated comic

NathanKP
I hope this is a permanent feature, not just for April Fools day.
Jeema3000
guest@xkcd:/$ man next

Request confirmed; you will be reincarnated as a man next.

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sili
rm -rf works for the directories listed and will actually remove the link until you reload.