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Always try sudo (programming.dev)

submitted 5 months ago by JPDev@programming.dev to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] Technus@lemmy.zip 100 points 5 months ago (3 children)

sudo rm /heart/arteries/**/clot

[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 90 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Very important to not hit enter before clot.

[–] Technus@lemmy.zip 37 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's why you have backups.

[–] Trail@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Or btrfs snapshots.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.world 23 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Isn’t it /dev/heart?

[–] Technus@lemmy.zip 21 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I feel like if your body follows the Unix filesystem structure, you have a real problem.

[–] BleatingZombie@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Please forgive my ignorance. What does ** do?

[–] gaylord_fartmaster@lemmy.world 23 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Acts as a wildcard for any directories that exist between arteries and clot.

[–] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

But only in Bash and if settings match. It's only reliable on your own shell, don't use it in scripts.

[–] Technus@lemmy.zip 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It's a glob pattern (edit: tried to find a source that actually showed ** in use).

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Had to look this up as well. Its not rm specific:

* is a simple, non-recursive wildcard representing zero or more characters which you can use for paths and file names. ** is a recursive wildcard that can only be used with paths, not file names.

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