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Tried to rm -r my .cache but accidentally did .config instead...

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

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Zozano@lemy.lol
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That’s why I always:

  • cd .cache
  • ls
  • rm -r *
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Peer@discuss.tchncs.de
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Type a space before rm to prevent it from being added to your history to be a extra careful.

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wh0_cares@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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Holy shit, I never knew you could do that! I’ve always really wanted a feature to stop random commands from being added to my history.

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Edo78@feddit.it
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Some shells provide ways to prevent some commands to be added to the history

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SayCyberOnceMore@feddit.uk
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For which shell? I just tried that on a bash system and the command was still stored in .bash_history 😔

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Peer@discuss.tchncs.de
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Set the HISTCONTROLvariable. If it is set to ignorespace then commands entered with a leading-space will not be stored in the history.

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ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org
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rm -r *

Also, if you have to type that, don’t use the numpad: / is only one key away from *. If you finger snags the / key on its way to * and you happen to be root, your root partition will go bye-bye.

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