The question is:
what happens when you give the command in the command line rm -rf ?
rm -rf * or here rm -rf test are different commands.
The question is:
what happens when you give the command in the command line rm -rf ?
rm -rf * or here rm -rf test are different commands.
remon@ani.social 1 day ago
They are literally not different commands, as “test” is an required argument which out the command won’t work.
Successful_Try543@feddit.org 1 day ago
No, the argument is not required, the command is valid. It’s intentional and a neat feature that
rm -rfalone without a specified file does nothing.See e.g.: unix.stackexchange.com/a/553741
remon@ani.social 1 day ago
It does nothing because you used the wrong syntax but also set the flag the suppresses the out put of syntax errors …
Imagine someone would asked “What does a toaster do?”
I say “It toasts bread”.
You come in with a picture of bread in a toaster and say “It does nothing”.
I tell you “You have to press the button”.
"You say “oh well, that wasn’t the question, a toaster with the button pressed is basically a different device!”
Insert <Futurama not sure if trolling …> meme.
Successful_Try543@feddit.org 1 day ago
You should obviously improve your reading skills.