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Always try sudo (programming.dev)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] Technus 100 points 3 months ago (15 children)

sudo rm /heart/arteries/**/clot

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago (6 children)

Please forgive my ignorance. What does ** do?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Acts as a wildcard for any directories that exist between arteries and clot.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

But only in Bash and if settings match. It's only reliable on your own shell, don't use it in scripts.

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