Even if it was "/*" it would have thrown an error, unless you were running as root. Note that only the mount is sudo-ed and that privileges are not propagated to the other commands in the && condition. Try:
> sudo whoami && whoami
root
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That being said, the boy scout rule applies: never run as root and never copy/paste random commands (especially the ones which require privilege escalation) without knowing what they do :)
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I think:
sudo umount /tmp/overlay-example/mount && rm -rf .*-->...&& rm -rf *Good catch, it was a typo. Thanks
No big deal, at least it throws an error. Not sure the feelings if the typo were
rm -rf /*:))Even if it was "/*" it would have thrown an error, unless you were running as root. Note that only the mount is sudo-ed and that privileges are not propagated to the other commands in the && condition. Try:
That being said, the boy scout rule applies: never run as root and never copy/paste random commands (especially the ones which require privilege escalation) without knowing what they do :)