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[–] oozynozh@sh.itjust.works 11 points 5 days ago (2 children)

you'll need a -r to really get the job done

[–] Danitos@reddthat.com 9 points 5 days ago
[–] Tja@programming.dev 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

And no preserve root. Or so I hear.

[–] wh0se@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

If I recall correctly, it's not required when you use /* as the shell expands it first (bash does, at least), running the command on all subfolders instead of the actual root.
You can try it easily in a docker container in fact!

[–] Tja@programming.dev 2 points 4 days ago

I'm old. My first thought was to try it in a VM.

shakes fist at cloud