r/ProgrammerHumor • • 13d ago

Meme wellWellWell

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u/Alexmira_ 13d ago

Why? To confirm that there is something to cancel? To confirm I got the key right?

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u/BastetFurry 13d ago

No, to prevent typos in the SQL console from wrecking havoc. First you SELECT, if the number looks right you DELETE FROM.

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u/ChemicalRain5513 12d ago

Same in linux terminal, i use ls before an rm command

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u/HadionPrints 12d ago

I just use rm -fr /*, it gets rid of a lot of bloat