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submitted 2 days ago by gun@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

I'm a complete moron, I should've had that backed up and used trash...
I had to learn the hard way lol

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[-] Zozano@lemy.lol 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

That's why I always:

  • cd .cache
  • ls
  • rm -r *
[-] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 13 hours ago

rm -r *

Also, if you have to type that, don't use the numpad: / is only one key away from *. If you finger snags the / key on its way to * and you happen to be root, your root partition will go bye-bye.

[-] Peer@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 1 day ago

Type a space before rm to prevent it from being added to your history to be a extra careful.

[-] wh0_cares@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 day ago

Holy shit, I never knew you could do that! I've always really wanted a feature to stop random commands from being added to my history.

[-] Edo78@feddit.it 1 points 14 hours ago

Some shells provide ways to prevent some commands to be added to the history

[-] Cyber@feddit.uk 2 points 18 hours ago

For which shell? I just tried that on a bash system and the command was still stored in .bash_history 😔

[-] Peer@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 16 hours ago

Set the HISTCONTROLvariable. If it is set to ignorespace then commands entered with a leading-space will not be stored in the history.

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