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lol sudo rm -rf / (feddit.de)
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[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago (2 children)

And that's why every rm command should start life as an ls command and then change the command and options while not touching the target directory. Takes a little longer, but saves so much hassle when you do fuck up.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

This is the best advice in the whole thread.

Check what you're doing before you do it.

[–] naonintendois 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Rm was updated to actually log a warning in the -rf / cases, so that's less likely to happen anymore. Still not a bad habit to use ls though

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

/* still works I think

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

not if you use /*. gp was totally screwed with their typo.