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Tried to rm -r my .cache but accidentally did .config instead...

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I’m a complete moron, I should’ve had that backed up and used trash…
I had to learn the hard way lol

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xlash123@sh.itjust.works
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I’ve started adopting the habit of putting “-rf” as the last argument to avoid accidentally deleting something before I’ve double-checked my input. Good luck, and may this never happen again.

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Edo78@feddit.it
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I do exactly the same. It’s not foolproof but it’s better than nothing. I remember, almost a decade ago, when I discovered that rm on mac didn’t accept flags as last arguments… I hope they changed that behavior

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