alphacyberranger@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 1 year agoLinux Best Practiceslemmy.worldimagemessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down12cross-posted to: 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone
arrow-up127arrow-down1imageLinux Best Practiceslemmy.worldalphacyberranger@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square29fedilinkcross-posted to: 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone
minus-squarekoper@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoIt’s slightly different. Your shell will see the /* and replace it with all the directories under /, e.g. /bin /dev /etc /home etc. So the actual command that runs is rm -rf /bin /dev /etc /home etc.
It’s slightly different. Your shell will see the
/*and replace it with all the directories under /, e.g./bin /dev /etc /homeetc. So the actual command that runs isrm -rf /bin /dev /etc /homeetc.