kali_fornication@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 4 個月前this command saves liveslemmy.worldimagemessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up1554
arrow-up1554imagethis command saves liveslemmy.worldkali_fornication@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 4 個月前message-square45fedilink
minus-squarez3rOR0ne@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 個月前Fair enough. Then why not cd .., rm ./dir_name/* ?
minus-squareWhyJiffie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 個月前because that does not delete hidden files in the directory
minus-squarez3rOR0ne@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 個月前Fair enough. Why not tack on rm ./.* as well to that list? Lol. Sorry, I’m truly just curious and not trying to be a smart alec.
minus-squareWhyJiffie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 個月前with that we arrive at the original problem: depending on your shell and its configuration, .. could be part of the results of the glob expansion. so at that point why bother stepping one dir level up
Fair enough. Then why not
cd ..,rm ./dir_name/*?because that does not delete hidden files in the directory
Fair enough. Why not tack on
rm ./.*as well to that list? Lol. Sorry, I’m truly just curious and not trying to be a smart alec.with that we arrive at the original problem: depending on your shell and its configuration,
..could be part of the results of the glob expansion. so at that point why bother stepping one dir level upAh I see. Very interesting! Thank you.