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Date:      Thu, 9 Dec 2004 00:39:37 +0000
From:      Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net>
To:        Andrew <infofarmer@mail.ru>
Cc:        chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: The essence of argument order
Message-ID:  <20041209003937.GC513@submonkey.net>
In-Reply-To: <E1CcCHG-000Du2-00.infofarmer-mail-ru@f19.mail.ru>
References:  <E1CcCHG-000Du2-00.infofarmer-mail-ru@f19.mail.ru>

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On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 03:35:26AM +0300, Andrew wrote:
> i've just typed
> # rm -print0 -type l | xargs -0 rm
> instead of
> # rm -type l -print0 | xargs -0 rm
> in a directory with 50+ Gigs of data
> what a nice feeling...
> shit...

If you run it a second time, you'll probably find that it won't delete
anything, if that's any consolation. ;-)

Ceri
--=20
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm
not sure about the former.			  -- Einstein (attrib.)

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