[Novalug] small puzzle (was Re: Remembering the ol' days)

[Beartooth]

On Sun, 25 Nov 2007, Beartooth wrote:

> 	Things're wild & wooly.
[...]
> 	But they get big differences.
>
> [btth at localhost sig]$ su - frc
> Password:
> [frc at localhost ~]$ /usr/share/doc/bash-3.2/scripts/adventure.sh
> You found a discarded empty knapsack.
>
> Welcome to the Adventure shell!  Do you need instructions? [y/n] y
>
>                Instructions for the Adventure shell
>
> Welcome to the Adventure shell!  In this exploration of the UNIX file system, 
> I will act as your eyes and hands.  [...]

> There are UNIX monsters lurking in the background.  These are also known as 
> "commands with arguments".
>
> Good luck! Type a newline to continue:
>
> 	BUT :
>
> [btth at localhost ~]$ /usr/share/doc/bash-3.2/scripts/adventure.sh
> You found a discarded empty knapsack.
>
> Welcome to the Adventure shell!  Do you need instructions? [y/n] y
>
>                Instructions for the Adventure shell
>
> Welcome to the Adventure shell!  In this exploration of the UNIX file system, 
> I will act as your eyes and hands.
[...]
> This room contains:
> 10-30-07-RN-in GuestAcctRouti NOtoPC.gif     ribbon.gif vtmap2000.pdf
>
> 	[etc.]
[...]
> 	I'm guessing it's not just another version to play, but 
> one that uses the game to teach unix. I think I need a 
> different one for Forrest -- some form meant for simple play. I 
> wonder if a yum update could have moved me to this one; I'm 
> pretty sure it was starting me at a road end originally.

 	For the helluvit, I tried plugh and xyzzy. Both got 
nothing but an "Idunno" for plugh, and something about a strange 
feeling for xyzzy ...

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