* Me <pmheart6@yahoo.com> [2013-08-06 16:09:21 -0700]:
> Is this a trait....
>
> You can tell a story of typing
>
> rm -rf /
>
> At 2 am. (Or some other time)
In my experience, it's more like:
rm -rf something- *
Notice the space between the "-" and the "*" that inadvertantly crept in
there (!). It's especially bad the closer to the root dir you happen to
be when that happens.
I suppose someone could also do something like (though I personally have
never done this):
rm -rf / absolute_pathname
Again, notice the unintended space in there (!).
--Phil
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