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.

  • palordrolap@fedia.io
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    4 days ago

    If I’m about to run an rm with a slash in it, alarm bells go off in my head. I prefer to cd to the parent and then rm whatever without slashes in the name.

    That didn’t save me the other day when I accidentally put a space before an asterisk, but thankfully that wasn’t in a place that was overly important.

    Gotta retrain myself to look out for extra nothing now.