a less destructive version of this is to install `sl` on your linux or mac.
That gets installed right after cowsay. I have my priorities.
Also, lolcat:
Suicide Linux
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#12Haha, how can it do that out of interest, if you're not root? (As aren't the top level directories in / owned by root?, or does it work anyway, if rm can recurse down? deleting files from the current user)
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#13a less destructive version of this is to install `sl` on your linux or mac.
I never type sl, but often type "gerp". I have an alias though.
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#14Haha, how can it do that out of interest, if you're not root? (As aren't the top level directories in / owned by root?, or does it work anyway, if rm can recurse down? deleting files from the current user)
As far as I know, it can recurse down and get to more files than you want.
The alternative is that the last time I ran that command, it was actually on an account with write rights to the root dir.
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#15Haha, how can it do that out of interest, if you're not root? (As aren't the top level directories in / owned by root?, or does it work anyway, if rm can recurse down? deleting files from the current user)
In the video he says that you need to be root when you make the typo. But since you have to be root when you install the package, you could plant a suid binary or even leave a service running as root that deletes all your files later.
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#16Perhaps a better name would be Roguelike Linux.
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#17bash corrects your spelling?? Is this a cute way of saying "I made a typo that turned out to be a legit command" or is there some DWIM I don't know about (and thankfully don't have enabled)?
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#18a less destructive version of this is to install `sl` on your linux or mac.
reminds me my once time rather enjoyable error of "ls -l | moire" (with xscreensaver installed)
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#19He seems to have forgotten the --no-preserve-root flag.
This was made before they added that flag :)
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#20not enough, I want a 5 seconds timer on every new attempted input line. You either type something or you don't.