/home/karl

[terry]

On 05/11/2010 04:31 PM, ubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com wrote:
> You might be able to reduce your home directory's size with a simple command:
>    
> $ sudo rm -R *
>    
--------> what does ' * ' mean .... yes? i didn't see it in man rm.  -r 
,-R ,---recursive , all mean the same?
> NOTE: DO NOT DO THIS!!!
> I mention it to illustrate the danger of simply blindly running
> commands on your computer. A recent thread had a similarly dangerous
> "solution" to a similarly simple problem.
>