The great puzzle

Question

Someone one was trying to find out something, according to the following UNIX commands.

   $ ssh I@world
Password: 
   [world ~]$ who -H
USER     LINE     WHEN
I        terminal 1865

Who was it? And to what famous quote does it refer to?

Should this get the rebus tag, by analogy with What famous line does this Linux command line represent? and What famous dialogue does this Java code represent?? — DylanSp, May 19 '16 at 16:49

BaSzAt · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-20T08:12:53.797

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I think it was

Alice

and the quote is

Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle.

Explanation for those not familiar with SSH:

$ ssh I@world starts an SSH shell and logs in to "world" as user "I"
Next, you type in your password (obviously not visible. I wonder what it is).
who -H in the SSH shell gives a list of users currently logged in. The -H option tells the program to write column headings (USER, LINE, WHEN)

Explanation for the year:

Alice in Wonderland was published in 1865

edited May 20 '16 at 08:12

answered May 19 '16 at 10:56

BaSzAt

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Ah, a great puzzle indeed. – BaSzAt May 19 '16 at 11:02
The great puzzle, even. – Gareth McCaughan May 19 '16 at 11:03
I'm a bit sad you did not state the whole quote ... ;) – fffred May 19 '16 at 20:18
@fffred Well, the code doesn't seem to contain a reference to the second part of the quote... – BaSzAt May 19 '16 at 21:30
@BaSzAt, correct, but it gives the connection to the title – fffred May 19 '16 at 22:00

The great puzzle

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