I’m a complete moron, I should’ve had that backed up and used trash…
I had to learn the hard way lol

  • TGhost [She/Her]@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    1 month ago

    I’m a complete moron,

    You are not,
    Every person learning with the hardway isnt a moron,

    You have to do, to really learn,

  • BaumGeist@lemmy.ml
    1·
    1 month ago

    i have rm aliased to rm -i, it’s basically the closest to PowerShell’s -WhatIfthat a posix shell gets

      • clb92@feddit.dkEnglish
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        1 month ago

        Also the && operator in sh. I think you can figure out what happened.

        I’m guessing something like… Copy file/dir from location A to location B and then delete from A, but the copy had failed (and the delete unfortunately worked fine)?

        • UnRelatedBurner@sh.itjust.works
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          1 month ago

          I left the last sentence open ended, for comedic effect, but if you really wanna know:

          I transcoded videos with ffmpeg, and tried to exit out of the bash script with ctrl C. the script was something like:

          for
    ffmpeg file finishedFile;
    rm file;

          my ^C broke out only from ffmpeg and before I realized what happened the file got removed and the next ffmpeg call filled my terminal. I tought the key didn’t register, or something was stuck, so I pressed it again… and again… it cost like 45minutes of footage, wasn’t that important tho.

  • ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 month ago

    Here’s a rule I learned the hard way a few decades ago:

    • If you type “rm”, take you hands off the keyboard and take one deliberate breath before continuing your command.
    • If you then type “-r”, do it again.
    • If you then type “-f” do it again.
    • In all cases, re-read what you wrote before hitting ENTER.
    • xor@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      1 month ago

      I’m a big fan of starting the command with a #, then removing it once I’m happy with the command to defend against accidentally hitting enter

      Putting ~ next to the enter key on keyboards (at least UK ones) was an evil villain level decision

      • MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de
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        1 month ago

        Your life isn’t my life, and restoring backups is no less a hassle just for having them(personally, I backup files, and either fix what I break or do a clean install). Auto-complete also makes me lose my train of thought, but if its helpful to you, enjoy.

          • MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de
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            1 month ago

            Sure, if that’s your level of thought and reading comprehension, let’s say you’ve got it. Is it really so hard to understand the notion that what works for you doesn’t work for me, but I’m okay with you doing whatever?

            Keep practicing, kid.