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Do not use redirection characters in your shell prompt
Over the years of troubleshooting performance problems in the Unix/Linux world, I have seen multiple cases where a regularly used command line tool in a customer server just stops working for some reason. The tool just returns immediately, doing absolutely nothing. No output printed, no coredumps and the exit code is…
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Tools & ProductivitySecurity & Privacy2021
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 2021 | Do not use redirection characters in your shell prompt by tanelpoder | 217 | 127 |
