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Who hasn't typed a risky command? Throw the first stone! (programming.dev)
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Sudo rm -rf .

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[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Which shell interprets * as everything before extension?

[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 3 points 6 hours ago

Well I’m not necessarily commenting on the *.* but * will skip .files in bash.