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win9x be like: (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Name a file in Linux ~ and then delete it again.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

rm \~?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Well if you put it in like that it would give an error. But if you used the right slash you can kiss your home folder goodbye probably. Maybe rm ./~ would work

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

~ resolves to your home folder only if it's at the beginning of a path. /~ isn't the same as ~. Go ahead and test it with something other than rm if you don't believe me (this is the Internet, I could be lying).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Hey you're right, I tried it with rm because I'm a maniac.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

in tab completion I trust...