Tried to rm -r my .cache but accidentally did .config instead... - eviltoast

I’m a complete moron, I should’ve had that backed up and used trash…
I had to learn the hard way lol

  • RenardDesMers@lemmy.ml
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    1 month ago

    Sorry for your loss. I did something similar recently. A script was creating a “~” folder in my notes folder. I wanted to delete it… Thankfully it stopped at some file it couldn’t remove and my dotfiles are in git.

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      1 month ago

      A tip, to delete files that have names similar to variables or other expandables, put the filename in between single ticks like this ‘filename’. Single ticks prevent expansion.