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minus-squareBleatingZombie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·4 months agoPlease forgive my ignorance. What does ** do?
minus-squaregaylord_fartmaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·4 months agoActs as a wildcard for any directories that exist between arteries and clot.
minus-squareMonkderDritte@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-24 months agoBut only in Bash and if settings match. It’s only reliable on your own shell, don’t use it in scripts.
minus-squareTechnus@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-24 months agoIt’s a glob pattern (edit: tried to find a source that actually showed ** in use).
minus-squaremosiacmango@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-24 months agoHad to look this up as well. Its not rm specific: * is a simple, non-recursive wildcard representing zero or more characters which you can use for paths and file names. ** is a recursive wildcard that can only be used with paths, not file names. More here.
Please forgive my ignorance. What does ** do?
Acts as a wildcard for any directories that exist between arteries and clot.
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But only in Bash and if settings match. It’s only reliable on your own shell, don’t use it in scripts.
It’s a glob pattern (edit: tried to find a source that actually showed
**in use).Had to look this up as well. Its not rm specific:
More here.
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