On 14.05.11 21:18, Josh Smift wrote: > YD> USE COMMAND LINE HISTORY!!! > YD> > YD> Write the command exactly as you would with the rm, but use ls > YD> instead. Verify that what you see is what you want to be delete. > > This is pretty good advice, and would defend against my favorite example, > 'sudo rm -rf / var/log/junk, where a space slips in at the wrong place.
I've gotten into a habit of tab-completing every file and directory, always. If it doesn't complete, it doesn't exist or it warns me that I have to be extra careful because i'm using sudo to remove the directory not readable to normal user. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
