this post was submitted on 19 Aug 2024
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 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 2 months ago* (last edited 2 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 2 months ago

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