Codewizard@hear-me.social to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 7 days agowhat happens when you give the command in the command line rm -rf ?message-squaremessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down121file-text
arrow-up1-12arrow-down1message-squarewhat happens when you give the command in the command line rm -rf ?Codewizard@hear-me.social to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 7 days agomessage-square28fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareremon@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 days ago Successful try’s answer is the answer a computer would give. I enjoy giving overly pedantic and technically correct answers as much as the next guy, but doing it on [email protected] seems like a dick move.
minus-squareandrewta@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 days agoWatching this back and forth while I’m eating my chips 😅
minus-squareCodewizard@hear-me.socialOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 days ago@remon @bizarroland thanks a lot for enlightening me, and also showing me how exactly to use that particular command without breaking anything.
minus-squareremon@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoGenerally a good idea to leave out the “-f” (so it would just be rm -r something). That way you’ll get feedback when you’re about to do something wrong or stupid!
I enjoy giving overly pedantic and technically correct answers as much as the next guy, but doing it on [email protected] seems like a dick move.
Watching this back and forth while I’m eating my chips 😅
@remon @bizarroland thanks a lot for enlightening me, and also showing me how exactly to use that particular command without breaking anything.
Generally a good idea to leave out the “-f” (so it would just be rm -r something). That way you’ll get feedback when you’re about to do something wrong or stupid!