[Sussex] "I'll CLI"

[Dominic Humphries]

You ever have those days when you're really, *really* bored?

(To the tune of Gloria Gaynor's "I will survive")

At first I was afraid
of the CLI.
Kept thinking I could never live
Without a GUI

But then I found that using text
Doing things won't take so long
And I grew strong
And I learned how to get along!

And so it's black
With grey typeface.
I just log in and start to type
A happy look upon my face.

I would have dumped that stupid mouse,
I would have learned to use these keys,
If I had known, in half one second,
I could do what took me three!

/(chorus)
/Go on now, Gnome!
/Walk out the door!
/KDE's gone now!
/I've learned the joys of 'grep' and 'more'!
/
/You were the ones who said I needed GUIs,
/To stick with a mouse,
/To just want candy for the eyes!
/
/On no, not I,
/I'll CLI!
/As long as I have Bash to use
/I know I'll feel alive
/
/I don't have time to waste on junk,
/That treats me like a clueless punk,
/I'll CLI
/I'll CLI (hey hey!)

They took all the time I had
The question "Why?" I'd ask.
A multitude of sub-menus
For every simple task.

It used to take me oh-so-long
Just editing a single file.
I used to cry
But now I know how to use vi!

Check out my screen:
No graphics lard!
I'm not a chained-up little slave
To my graphics card!

And so you tell me you've upgraded
Say I need the new Qt.
But now I'm saving all my disk space
For the apps that work for me!

/(chorus)