silly walk

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silly walk - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  silly walk
  
     [Monty Python's Flying Circus] 1. A ridiculous procedure
     required to accomplish a task.  Like grovel, but more
     random and humorous.  "I had to silly-walk through half the
     /usr directories to find the maps file."
  
     2. Synonym fandango on core.
  
     [Jargon File]
  

silly walk - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  silly walk
   vi.
  
     [from Monty Python's Flying Circus]
  
     1. A ridiculous procedure required to accomplish a task. Like
     grovel, but more random and humorous. "I had to silly-walk
  through
     half the /usr directories to find the maps file."
  
     2. Syn. fandango on core.