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		moe on Feb 27, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My 10 UNIX Command Line Mistakes One classic missing from that list: Typing "halt" into the wrong terminal window.

georgecmu on Feb 27, 2011 [–]

Actually, it is there (Typing UNIX Commands on Wrong Box). If anything, it's a classic lesson to log out of the root shell as soon as you're done with the task that required it. Tellingly, that lesson is missing from that list.

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