[plug] Filename star

[Brad Campbell]

Subba Rao wrote:
> 
> I have noticied a meta character named file in the root's home directory and another user's
> home directory. They were created on December 23rd. The file ownership permissions are
> perfectly normal. The dreaded meta-character is '*'.
> 
> To remove this I did,
> 
> $ rm -i *
> 
> and got rid of it. I cannot imagine doing,
> 
> $ rm *

Try rm * -rf as root from / to put a smile on yer dial ;p)
ask me how I know..

should have been rm \* -r.. Oh well.. thank god for backups..

BTW: Merry Christmas everyone..

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