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Re: Fwd: Bug: rm -rf /*/*
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: Fwd: Bug: rm -rf /*/* |
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Tue, 30 Nov 2021 18:34:58 -0500 |
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On 11/30/21 3:53 PM, Robert Swinford wrote:
TWIMC:
This seems like a bug: https://twitter.com/nixcraft/status/1465599844299411458
I was able to replicate the behavior in a container with coreutils version 8.30
and bash 5.0.
Sorry, where's the bug?
(and globbing in zsh evals /*/* to //):
Why? Under what circumstances is that correct?
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