Very useful tip - eviltoast
  • 👁️👄👁️@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I’ve never actually tried this but feel like rm should have a built in warning specifically for that command letting them know they’ve been trolled and have a y/N prompt.

        • russjr08@outpost.zeuslink.net
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          1 year ago

          I think that is only if you pass /, I don’t think the flag is required for /* which is what is shown here - if I remember right, it’s because the * triggers the shell to expand the paths and that flag is only built to protect / (from say, having an empty variable alongside /).

          • blackstrat@lemmy.fwgx.uk
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            1 year ago

            Yes, the * is expanded by the shell so the rm command just sees lots of individual files being passed in

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      1 year ago

      Come on, it is super fun. Just install VirtualBox and set up a virtual machine, make sure there is no funky mount point that touches your host machine, and go nuke that VM !