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[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This is like the old PHP database escape functions. Just pass the simple command line parameter!

--seriously-for-real-uninstall-omg-no-joke-remove-delete-uninstall-im-cereal-this-time-no-cap-fam

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Holy fuck. You just made me realize what rm -fr means.

rm -fr --no-cap

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago

I always read -fr as "for real" when someone writes rm -fr instead of rm -rf

rm -fr -fr

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I thought it was for removing the French language pack