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		matheusmoreira on May 2, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I shipped a word processor that formatted the hard... `rm -rf "$STEAMROOT/"*` Yes. I have bookmarked this issue as a reminder to always read every single shell script before execution.

cyphar on May 3, 2020 [–]

Also, begin every shell script you write with

    set -Eeuo pipefail

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