Reply to post: Re: This is one comman you never, ever type in - whoops.

Remember the Dutch kid who stuck his finger in a dam to save the village? Here's the IT equivalent

jake Silver badge

Re: This is one comman you never, ever type in - whoops.

"The smart thing is to type it into an editor, and when you both agree that it's perfect, cut-and-paste (without newline)."

Copy & paste can be fat-fingered, too. Turn it into a script. I have many one-line scripts, each named with a longish descriptive name that is often longer than the actual complex, dangerous command.

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