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@ScriptCoded I was writing it in a shell with `#` at the beginning. Then I temporarily removed the comment to copy it along with the hacker-ish prompt (PS1). Pasted the contents as the answer and switched back to the terminal. And then, out of inertia, hit ENTER a few times to create a visual separation for the next commands to run.
Turns out I forgot that I had that `#` removed... -
@netikras oh no, that's true unluckyness! And perhaps a bit of carelessness 🙈
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@netikras can you run Unix style commands in PowerShell?
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@ScriptCoded PS1 has nothing to do with Powershell. It is the prompt in front of every line
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@Demolishun
> in a vm
or a container :D
that's the thing - I don't know if it messed up anything :) Now it's a Schrodinger's laptop: both messed up and not at the same time, and its actual state is unknown until a reboot :D
Just got this slack from our server admin.
Yeah no
Product dev: We need a new volume slider for ou...
Dev: Say no more!
2 weeks ago I was writing an `rm -rf --no-preserve-root /` oneliner as a joke - as an answer to a question "I have access to my competitor's server; what should I do?". I was crafting it so that it'd do as much damage to the business (not the server) as it could.
And I accidentally executed it on my work laptop. In the background (with an `&`).
It ran for a good 5-7 seconds on an i7-11850H with an SSD, until I issued a `kill %%`
Good thing it ran as a non-root user. Bad thing - I have no idea what it may have deleted nor whether it touched my /home.
I'm afraid to restart my laptop now :)
whoopsie :)
rant
fail
rm -rf --no-preserve-root /
whoops