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Warning: No matter what anyone tells you, do not use any
rm
command with the-r
option and/or any wildcard charachers like*
and?
, unless you understand the command fully.Sound advice.
Completely agree although I love rm -r since it's way better than cluttering up my trash folder 😄
Clicking delete while pressing shift should do the same thing in most file managers, just use it with caution
Good to know, thank you
but I heard rm -rf /* made my computer faster. (This is a joke never run this command. (outside of a vm that you are willing to kill))