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don't do ai and code kids (quokk.au)

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[–] wh0se@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 4 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