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		kmstout on Nov 27, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bjarne Stroustrup Quotes My favorite: `UNIX: % ls foot.c foot.h foot.o toe.c toe.o % rm * .o rm: .o: No such file or directory % ls %`

fuzztester on Nov 27, 2023 [–]

Ha ha. And that's not even a newb mistake alone. It's possible even for an expert to maje, by just one accidental space keypress, between the * and the .o, in 2nd command above. Such is Unix.

euroderf on Nov 27, 2023 | [–]

"rm -I" provides some protection.

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