Oh no! 🤦‍♂️

[ulterno@programming.dev]

In case you are just testing it out, don't use -rf
Your ~ directory is most probably empty, so use rm -d instead, to prevent all footguns in case you put the wrong character in the end.

       -d, --dir
              remove empty directories

I feel safe doing rm -d /.
I feel safe doing sudo rm -d /.

Because it won't delete anything that has a file in it.

[captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works]

Using Nautilus or Dolphin.

[captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works]

Stopped thinking

[whyjiffie@sh.itjust.works]

just wait until they start vibe coding on their brain implant

[weirdboy@lemm.ee]

Never started

[zarkanian@sh.itjust.works]

Whoopsie daisy-cutter.

[zarkanian@sh.itjust.works]

Just give rm the entire path or a relative path like ./~

[nomade420@lemm.ee]

I think it should've started with "stopped thinking"

[jollygreen_sasquatch@sh.itjust.works]

A method not yet mentioned is by inode, (I've accidentally created filenames I didn't know how to escape at the time like -- or other command line flags/special characters)

ls -li

Once you get the inode

find . -type f -inum $inode -delete

[schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de]

True if these are installed, but if I'm on a server's command line they probably aren't.

[sobriquet@aussie.zone]

I fairly recently tried to do a rm match* but accidentally put a space between the match and the *…

[fin@sh.itjust.works]

huh, I almost removed my entire home directory

[gwilikers@lemmy.ml]

I did it recently. Its like watching your computer commit seppuku.