The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 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.


The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

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]