Greg Knauss has a problem with his pipes

Greg Knauss:

The difference between

find /local/www -print | grep error_log | xargs rm

and

find /local/www -print | xargs rm

is subtle,

but very, very important.

2003/06/20 · 2 COMMENTS · Link

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I love inside jokes, even ones in computer languages I don't know (which is most of them). Still, I also get a certain joy from explaining inside jokes (it's NOT like explaining jokes that are supposed to be obvious...)

So I wish you'd share the joy with illiterates like me... WHAT THE KNAUSS IS HE TALKING ABOUT?!?

#1 · Wendell · 2003/06/21

I'm not going to test it to make sure, but I think Greg was trying to delete all of his error logs and deleted all of his files instead. As an expert at command-line based destruction, I sympathize.

#2 · Rogers Cadenhead · 2003/06/24