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Another neat FAT finger is
rm -R ./dir
but types in
rm -R . /dir (activated at the root level) ..its been done a few times I have heard.
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On Behalf Of Jared Still
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 2:25 PM
To: nigel.tufnel1_at_gmail.com
Cc: Oracle-L_at_freelists.org
Subject: Re: OT moment of doubt
Every time I do it.
When using a command like that, I usually check it with ls first, then
modify the command.
eg.
ls -l *.dbf
If that gets the expected results, I will then call up the command line
history and replace the 'ls -l'
with 'rm -f'.
This not only ensures the results are what I expect, but avoids fat fingering that occur if the entire command is retyped:
eg. rm -f * .dbf
Notice the space between * and .dbf.
Jared
On 6/15/05, Joe <nigel.tufnel1_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> What would you call that moment in time after you do "rm *.dbf" on all
> your database files, where you suddenly panic about whther you're on
> the right server or not?
>
> This happens to me all the time, even after checking, even after 17
> yrs of DBA-ing. Kinda like that feeling you get when your chair starts
> to tip over backwards but you catch yourself.
>
> :P
>
> Joe
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-- Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-lReceived on Wed Jun 15 2005 - 16:03:57 CDT
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