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lol sudo rm -rf / (feddit.de)
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[-] Bonehead@kbin.social 19 points 9 months ago

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.

[-] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 8 points 9 months ago

This is the best advice in the whole thread.

Check what you're doing before you do it.

[-] naonintendois@programming.dev 5 points 9 months ago

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

[-] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 2 points 9 months ago

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

[-] stepanzak@iusearchlinux.fyi 2 points 9 months ago

/* still works I think

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