@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 4 months agoTried to rm -r my .cache but accidentally did .config instead...message-square60fedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up172arrow-down1message-squareTried to rm -r my .cache but accidentally did .config instead...@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 4 months agomessage-square60fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarexorlinkfedilinkEnglish12•4 months agoI’m a big fan of starting the command with a #, then removing it once I’m happy with the command to defend against accidentally hitting enter Putting ~ next to the enter key on keyboards (at least UK ones) was an evil villain level decision
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink15•4 months agoWhen I’m unsure, I ls <the-glob>, chek, then replace ls with rm.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•4 months agoThis. When the ls command works, hit ctrl-a, meta-d, type rm, enter.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•4 months agoI really like this # idea. I’ve also taken to holding off on adding sudo when deleting privileged files
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•4 months agoI never thought of doing that in 40 years. It’s a great idea actually. Thanks!
I’m a big fan of starting the command with a
#, then removing it once I’m happy with the command to defend against accidentally hitting enterPutting
~next to the enter key on keyboards (at least UK ones) was an evil villain level decisionWhen I’m unsure, I
ls <the-glob>, chek, then replacelswithrm.This. When the ls command works, hit ctrl-a, meta-d, type rm, enter.
Oh, didn’t knew about
Alt d. ThxI really like this # idea. I’ve also taken to holding off on adding sudo when deleting privileged files
I never thought of doing that in 40 years. It’s a great idea actually. Thanks!