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futur.blue • 13 days ago

typoing password in sudo prompt and hitting backspace approximately 100 times just to be safe

Every time?

retr0.id•13 days ago

there's a ctrl-something shortcut for this but I can't remember what it is

retr0.id•13 days ago

ctrl-U maybe

What is this witchcraft?

hotgoth.mom•13 days ago

i don't know how anyone lives without ctrl + u

and all the other emacs key bindings for the shell.

I once met someone who used vi shell key-bindings and it broke my brain.

mvgfr.com•12 days ago

FWIW: emacs key bindings work in almost any text entry field, on a Mac. oh so very useful

ktpanda.org•12 days ago

How have I been using Linux for 22 years without knowing this?

when i found out ctrl backspace did not work there i felt powerless

@futur.blue

Ctrl+U for Undo is the way

uncenter.dev•13 days ago

i did this for a while 😭
but with touch id for sudo 🙏 never again

futur.blue•13 days ago

once again begging apple to sell a standalone touch id sensor so I can work it into a real keyboard

Why the caution? Was the command rm -rf or something?

ralacerda.dev•12 days ago

That is why I always set `pwfeedback` on visudo

This incident will be reported

Are you me?

Visudo. This Is The Way

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