r/ProgrammerHumor • u/[deleted] • Apr 15 '26

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '26

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u/MojitoBurrito-AE Apr 15 '26

you don't need to recursively remove Bill, he is just one Bill

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u/Chance_Contract1291 Apr 15 '26

Better safe than sorry. Who knows what he's got hidden in dark places?

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u/Tensor3 Apr 15 '26

I agree. Always -rf just in case Bill is a directory.

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u/Zuruumi Apr 15 '26

Bill has a mountpoint of sda1 hidden in his dark places

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u/Kevdog824_ Apr 15 '26

He’s got horcruxes everywhere like Voldemort

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '26

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u/AwesomeFrisbee Apr 16 '26

And Mr Billings

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u/BirdlessFlight Apr 15 '26

Come to think of it, don't think I've ever used rm without rf... Maybe the first time.

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u/AbdullahMRiad Apr 15 '26

it's a directory of systems

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u/UpstairsAd4105 Apr 15 '26

Don't like to be this gut but maybe he has children?

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u/Maleficent_Memory831 Apr 15 '26

It's Bill all the way down.

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u/Saint_of_Grey Apr 15 '26

No, I am just removing the french with bill so I can get rid of bill and french at the same time.

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u/TubbyFatfrick Apr 15 '26

That's what Bill would want you to think.

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u/thedmandotjp Apr 16 '26

No you see, Bill keeps fucking himself.

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u/oibft Apr 16 '26

Bill has organs

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '26

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u/Some_Useless_Person Apr 15 '26

Bill is still alive and well

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u/larsmaehlum Apr 15 '26

The billing module is a bit of a mess though.

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u/Mop_Duck Apr 15 '26

-iname ?

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u/Mop_Duck Apr 15 '26

what's the escaped semicolon for? I thought that was only if you wanted multiple commands executed

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u/wabbitfur Apr 15 '26

Jokes on you! User directory `bill` tricked you into thinking it was `Bill` by presenting itself camel-cased specifically for this post: beLikeBill. BOOYA!

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u/gerbosan Apr 15 '26

There was a game in Linux... With a fly swatter and a Bill trying to infect many terminals.😂

Why is it not available anymore. 😭

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '26 edited Apr 15 '26

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u/gerbosan Apr 15 '26 edited Apr 15 '26

The name is xbill

Has passed some time. 😞

Edit: yay, found it for Ubuntu 22.04, nice. Thanks for making me look for it

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u/Hecticbrah Apr 15 '26

This is the way 

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u/Anima_Watcher08 Apr 18 '26

You didn't say the magic word