Ask HN: How many time you proofread 'sudo rm' before hitting enter?

2 points by xhan0o ↗ HN
Is it just me who's always act paranoid hitting enter on sudo rm command.?

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I always check pwd, think again, and add a space before rm.
Regardless of sudo.

Without -f: zero, because my bashrc always has alias rm="rm -i". Same for mv, ln, cp, they are destructive as well.

With -f: I always check cwd, hostname (both part of a prompt) and the entire command. First dry run with ls or echo instead of rm in some cases.