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Why are cp and cat "risky"?

• sp332 12y ago
  It's just that in some emergency situations, where for example someone deleted a lot of files on the disk, you might not have /bin/cat or /bin/cp anymore.
  • cssandjs 12y ago
    I don't see how that ("rm -rf /") is relevant... The OP feared for a reboot that would make him recode his command line.
  • michaelmior 12y ago
    Ah, fair enough. Good point :)