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michaelmior
on Oct 3, 2014
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The Magic CmdLine and how I got it back
Why are cp and cat "risky"?
sp332
on Oct 4, 2014
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It's just that in some emergency situations, where for example someone deleted a lot of files on the disk, you might not have /bin/cat or /bin/cp anymore.
cssandjs
on Oct 4, 2014
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I don't see how that ("rm -rf /") is relevant... The OP feared for a reboot that would make him recode his command line.
michaelmior
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Ah, fair enough. Good point :)
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