Oh no! 🤦♂️
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rm -rf "~" may work?
No, but single quotes will.
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rm -rf "~" may work?
In case you are just testing it out, don't use
-rf
Your~directory is most probably empty, so userm -dinstead, to prevent all footguns in case you put the wrong character in the end.-d, --dir remove empty directoriesI feel safe doing
rm -d /.
I feel safe doingsudo rm -d /.Because it won't delete anything that has a file in it.
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OK I'll bite, how do you get rid of a literal ~ directory?
Using Nautilus or Dolphin.
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Stopped thinking
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At least we know vibe coders will eventually destroy themselves.
just wait until they start vibe coding on their brain implant
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Stopped thinking
Never started
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We call this a whoopsie daisy.
Whoopsie daisy-cutter.
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OK I'll bite, how do you get rid of a literal ~ directory?
Just give rm the entire path or a relative path like ./~
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I think it should've started with "stopped thinking"
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OK I'll bite, how do you get rid of a literal ~ directory?
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 -liOnce you get the inode
find . -type f -inum $inode -delete -
Using Nautilus or Dolphin.
True if these are installed, but if I'm on a server's command line they probably aren't.
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I did this once (for real, but without AI assistance)
I fairly recently tried to do a
rm match*but accidentally put a space between thematchand the*… -
No, but single quotes will.
huh, I almost removed my entire home directory
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I did this once (for real, but without AI assistance)
I did it recently. Its like watching your computer commit seppuku.
