undo rm -rf *

Rejy M Cyriac rcyriac at redhat.com
Wed Mar 27 08:55:31 UTC 2013


On 03/27/2013 11:28 AM, Tim wrote:
> Allegedly, on or about 26 March 2013, bruce sent:
>> as a face saving process... always test what ever you're going to do
>> when using RM <<< and then substitute ls for rm to see what the
>> results would be... 
> 
> I would, also, think carefully about whether you really do need the
> force flag.  Some people just jam that in out of habit.
> 
Reminded me of another dangerous habit some people get into - exiting
'vi/vim' with ':wq!' always.

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Regards,

Rejy M Cyriac (rmc)


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