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    BOFH excuse #191 makes no sense

    CK

    2012-05-31 20:05

    BOFH excuse #191 states:
       Just type 'mv * /dev/null'.
    
    Really? Let's see what happens:
    $ ls -lgo foo /dev/null
    -rw------- 1 21644 May 24 14:09 foo
    crw-rw-rw- 1  1, 3 May 31 04:02 /dev/null
    
    $ mv foo /dev/null
    mv: overwrite `/dev/null'? y
    
    $ ls -lgo /dev/null
    -rw------- 1 21644 May 24 14:09 /dev/null
    
    Hah! Did anyone say pseudo-leetness? :-)
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