• @ulterno@programming.dev
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      05 days ago

      In case you are just testing it out, don’t use -rf
      Your ~ directory is most probably empty, so use rm -d instead, to prevent all footguns in case you put the wrong character in the end.

             -d, --dir
                    remove empty directories
      

      I feel safe doing rm -d /.
      I feel safe doing sudo rm -d /.

      Because it won’t delete anything that has a file in it.