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When I first started programming a pdpd11 using basicplus2 I wrote a program that had a built in password which consisted of the password which included backspa
by basicplus2 10y ago
When I first started programming a pdpd11 using basicplus2 I wrote a program that had a built in password which consisted of the password which included backspaces and *'s which obliterated the first half of the printed password so when it was printed out you could not read the password.
Primitive but effective.
Even when viewing it on the screen it was quick enough you could not read the password
- corysama 10y agoWay back on Solaris I once managed to accidentally name a file backspace. Somehow I managed to finger-flub and hit "mv filename <crtl-h> <enter>" or something like that. Had to use a GUI interface to delete that file.
- vram22 10y agoNot at a Unix machine right, now, but this might work: rm \BKSP where the BKSP represents the backspace key. If it worked, it did because the backslash escapes the usual meaning of the backspace key, which is to erase the preceding character. Also, related (though may not work for above case), to delete other files with funny characters in the name (like a leading dash): rm -- -filename where the -- means (end of the options), so even a leading dash after -- is not treated it as an option. Best to use the -i option too, with such cases, for interactive confirmation of the remove.