I accidentally untarred archive intended to be extracted in root directory, which among others included some files for /etc directory.
I went on to rm -rv ~/etc, but I quickly typed rm -rv /etc instead, and hit enter, while using a root account.
I fucking hate using
rmfor these very reasons.There’s another program called “trash-cli” that gives you a
trashcommand instead of going straight to deletion.I’m not sure why more distros don’t include it by default, or why more tutorials don’t mention it.
Reminds me in the t-shirt: “don’t drink and root”
Reusing names of critical system directories in subdirectories in your home dir.
OOOOOOOOOOOF!!
One trick I use, because I’m SUPER paranoid about this, is to mv things I intend to delete to /tmp, or make /tmp/trash or something.
That way, I can move it back if I have a “WHAT HAVE I DONE!?” moment, or it just deletes itself upon reboot.
HAH rookie, I once forgot the . before the ./
