Successful try’s answer is the answer a computer would give.
I enjoy giving overly pedantic and technically correct answers as much as the next guy, but doing it on !nostupidquestions@lemmy.world seems like a dick move.
Generally a good idea to leave out the “-f” (so it would just be rm -r something). That way you’ll get feedback when you’re about to do something wrong or stupid!
I enjoy giving overly pedantic and technically correct answers as much as the next guy, but doing it on !nostupidquestions@lemmy.world seems like a dick move.
Watching this back and forth while I’m eating my chips 😅
@remon @bizarroland thanks a lot for enlightening me, and also showing me how exactly to use that particular command without breaking anything.
Generally a good idea to leave out the “-f” (so it would just be rm -r something). That way you’ll get feedback when you’re about to do something wrong or stupid!