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		artursapek on March 22, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The absolute worst scenario happened >a missing $ in a shell script moved everything to the file i I've always had anxiety when running a shell script, this is a perfect example of why

noisy_boy on March 22, 2021 [–]

I always wrap the actual cp/mv/rm etc in echo first before actually running it e.g. running echo "mv $src i" first would have immediately highlighted the problem visually.

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