Syntactically Correct Bash Scripts

Text on the meme

"no Shakespeare yet -- only syntactically correct Bash scripts"

What it means

A scientist in a lab coat examines a tank filled with strange creatures while another man enters through a door carrying papers. The joke treats Bash scripts as if they were living specimens and contrasts technically correct code with the hoped-for literary quality of Shakespeare, making it a reaction to competent but uninspired programming. EN: A scientist in a lab coat examines a tank filled with strange creatures while another man enters through a door carrying papers. The joke treats Bash scripts as if they were living specimens and contrasts technically correct code with the hoped-for literary quality of Shakespeare, making it a reaction to competent but uninspired programming.

Objects

scientist in lab coat / учёный в лабораторном халате man entering through a door / мужчина, входящий через дверь papers / бумаги door / дверь glass aquarium / стеклянный аквариум strange creatures / странные существа fish / рыбы laboratory / лаборатория black-and-white cartoon / чёрно-белый мультфильм window / окно glasses / очки