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I am pretty new in this ubuntu domain so please be gentle :o)
I wanted to remove my 'write' app, so I found this on a site:
To remove a package type:
sudo apt-get remove [package_name]
So I typed:
sudo apt-get remove [write]
And afterwards I agreed on the prompt: 'yes, do what I say!' or something like that. And voila! My Ubuntu was deleting!
Can anybody tell me why?
command-line apt bash sudo
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I am pretty new in this ubuntu domain so please be gentle :o)
I wanted to remove my 'write' app, so I found this on a site:
To remove a package type:
sudo apt-get remove [package_name]
So I typed:
sudo apt-get remove [write]
And afterwards I agreed on the prompt: 'yes, do what I say!' or something like that. And voila! My Ubuntu was deleting!
Can anybody tell me why?
command-line apt bash sudo
edited 2 hours ago
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7
You literally entered... [write], including the brackets? Then I'm afraid you indeed removed plenty of packages.
– PerlDuck
5 hours ago
Yes including the brackets :o|
– Jesper Joachim Sørensen
5 hours ago
7
A teachable moment about reading the complete output. Many of us have done something similar...once.
– user535733
3 hours ago
$20 says you'll only make that mistake once, :p
– Gerowen
2 hours ago
1
So apt-get said "This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing! You are about to do something potentially harmful.", and you let it continue without knowing what it was going to do anyway?
– Joseph Sible
1 hour ago
add a comment |
I am pretty new in this ubuntu domain so please be gentle :o)
I wanted to remove my 'write' app, so I found this on a site:
To remove a package type:
sudo apt-get remove [package_name]
So I typed:
sudo apt-get remove [write]
And afterwards I agreed on the prompt: 'yes, do what I say!' or something like that. And voila! My Ubuntu was deleting!
Can anybody tell me why?
command-line apt bash sudo
edited 2 hours ago
dessert
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asked 5 hours ago
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I am pretty new in this ubuntu domain so please be gentle :o)
I wanted to remove my 'write' app, so I found this on a site:
To remove a package type:
sudo apt-get remove [package_name]
So I typed:
sudo apt-get remove [write]
And afterwards I agreed on the prompt: 'yes, do what I say!' or something like that. And voila! My Ubuntu was deleting!
Can anybody tell me why?
command-line apt bash sudo
command-line apt bash sudo
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7
You literally entered... [write], including the brackets? Then I'm afraid you indeed removed plenty of packages.
– PerlDuck
5 hours ago
Yes including the brackets :o|
– Jesper Joachim Sørensen
5 hours ago
7
A teachable moment about reading the complete output. Many of us have done something similar...once.
– user535733
3 hours ago
$20 says you'll only make that mistake once, :p
– Gerowen
2 hours ago
1
So apt-get said "This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing! You are about to do something potentially harmful.", and you let it continue without knowing what it was going to do anyway?
– Joseph Sible
1 hour ago
add a comment |
7
You literally entered... [write], including the brackets? Then I'm afraid you indeed removed plenty of packages.
– PerlDuck
5 hours ago
Yes including the brackets :o|
– Jesper Joachim Sørensen
5 hours ago
7
A teachable moment about reading the complete output. Many of us have done something similar...once.
– user535733
3 hours ago
$20 says you'll only make that mistake once, :p
– Gerowen
2 hours ago
1
So apt-get said "This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing! You are about to do something potentially harmful.", and you let it continue without knowing what it was going to do anyway?
– Joseph Sible
1 hour ago
7
7
You literally entered
... [write], including the brackets? Then I'm afraid you indeed removed plenty of packages.– PerlDuck
5 hours ago
You literally entered
... [write], including the brackets? Then I'm afraid you indeed removed plenty of packages.– PerlDuck
5 hours ago
Yes including the brackets :o|
– Jesper Joachim Sørensen
5 hours ago
Yes including the brackets :o|
– Jesper Joachim Sørensen
5 hours ago
7
7
A teachable moment about reading the complete output. Many of us have done something similar...once.
– user535733
3 hours ago
A teachable moment about reading the complete output. Many of us have done something similar...once.
– user535733
3 hours ago
$20 says you'll only make that mistake once, :p
– Gerowen
2 hours ago
$20 says you'll only make that mistake once, :p
– Gerowen
2 hours ago
1
1
So apt-get said "This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing! You are about to do something potentially harmful.", and you let it continue without knowing what it was going to do anyway?
– Joseph Sible
1 hour ago
So apt-get said "This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing! You are about to do something potentially harmful.", and you let it continue without knowing what it was going to do anyway?
– Joseph Sible
1 hour ago
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The correct command to remove a package named write is:
sudo apt-get remove write
[write] is a character set matching the characters “w”, “r”, “i”, “t” and “e” and as matching is done by substring by apt. The command you ran thus matched all packages with one of these characters in it, which of course are a lot. To quote apt’s output listing just the essential ones:
WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed.
This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing!
apt adduser (due to apt) gpgv (due to apt) ubuntu-keyring (due to apt) libapt-pkg5.0 (due to apt) libc6 (due to apt) libgcc1 (due to apt) libgnutls30 (due to apt) libseccomp2 (due to apt)
libstdc++6 (due to apt) base-files base-passwd libdebconfclient0 (due to base-passwd) bash libtinfo5 (due to bash) debianutils (due to bash) bsdutils libsystemd0 (due to bsdutils) coreutils
libacl1 (due to coreutils) libattr1 (due to coreutils) libselinux1 (due to coreutils) dash dpkg (due to dash) diffutils libbz2-1.0 (due to dpkg) liblzma5 (due to dpkg) libzstd1 (due to dpkg)
zlib1g (due to dpkg) tar (due to dpkg) e2fsprogs libblkid1 (due to e2fsprogs) libcom-err2 (due to e2fsprogs) libext2fs2 (due to e2fsprogs) libss2 (due to e2fsprogs) libuuid1 (due to e2fsprogs) fdisk
libfdisk1 (due to fdisk) libmount1 (due to fdisk) libncursesw5 (due to fdisk) libsmartcols1 (due to fdisk) findutils grep libpcre3 (due to grep) install-info (due to grep) gzip hostname init
systemd-sysv (due to init) init-system-helpers (due to init) perl-base (due to init-system-helpers) libc-bin login libaudit1 (due to login) libpam0g (due to login) libpam-runtime (due to login)
libpam-modules (due to login) mount util-linux (due to mount) ncurses-base ncurses-bin sed sysvinit-utils libudev1 (due to util-linux)
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2503 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 7238 MB disk space will be freed.
You are about to do something potentially harmful.
To continue type in the phrase 'Yes, do as I say!'
The multiple warnings as well as the necessity to literally type:
Yes, do as I say!
are security means in place to keep you from destroying your system, as the system’s package manager apt is perfectly capable of doing that. Any command run with sudo should be run carefully and thoughtfully, but don’t fret: Nearly every experienced user of Ubuntu broke their system at least once, in fact that’s part of the fun if you ask me.
Further reading
this answer to apt-get remove with wildcard removed way more than expected. why?
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answered 5 hours ago
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Yes I did. But there was only one prompt. And looking back I also thought it was a little overkill with all these warnings just for deleting an app :o)
– Jesper Joachim Sørensen
5 hours ago
okay. I have already reinstalled my ubuntu from scratch.
– Jesper Joachim Sørensen
5 hours ago
5
That is a serious flaw inapt-getIMO.[write]does not matchlibgcc1. It matches a substring (i) but not the whole package name. I didn't know of this behaviour before but maybe I should file a bug...
– danzel
5 hours ago
2
@MSalters[write]is an expression. I agree the manual is fuzzy there, but the underlying mechanics are very good and the security measures (see above) couldn’t be better IMO. This is more a case of insufficient documentation than a bug.
– dessert
4 hours ago
2
@danzel The manual is pretty clear about that: “Note that matching is done by substring (…). If this is undesired, anchor the regular expression with a '^' or '$' character, or create a more specific regular expression.”
– dessert
4 hours ago
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The correct command to remove a package named write is:
sudo apt-get remove write
[write] is a character set matching the characters “w”, “r”, “i”, “t” and “e” and as matching is done by substring by apt. The command you ran thus matched all packages with one of these characters in it, which of course are a lot. To quote apt’s output listing just the essential ones:
WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed.
This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing!
apt adduser (due to apt) gpgv (due to apt) ubuntu-keyring (due to apt) libapt-pkg5.0 (due to apt) libc6 (due to apt) libgcc1 (due to apt) libgnutls30 (due to apt) libseccomp2 (due to apt)
libstdc++6 (due to apt) base-files base-passwd libdebconfclient0 (due to base-passwd) bash libtinfo5 (due to bash) debianutils (due to bash) bsdutils libsystemd0 (due to bsdutils) coreutils
libacl1 (due to coreutils) libattr1 (due to coreutils) libselinux1 (due to coreutils) dash dpkg (due to dash) diffutils libbz2-1.0 (due to dpkg) liblzma5 (due to dpkg) libzstd1 (due to dpkg)
zlib1g (due to dpkg) tar (due to dpkg) e2fsprogs libblkid1 (due to e2fsprogs) libcom-err2 (due to e2fsprogs) libext2fs2 (due to e2fsprogs) libss2 (due to e2fsprogs) libuuid1 (due to e2fsprogs) fdisk
libfdisk1 (due to fdisk) libmount1 (due to fdisk) libncursesw5 (due to fdisk) libsmartcols1 (due to fdisk) findutils grep libpcre3 (due to grep) install-info (due to grep) gzip hostname init
systemd-sysv (due to init) init-system-helpers (due to init) perl-base (due to init-system-helpers) libc-bin login libaudit1 (due to login) libpam0g (due to login) libpam-runtime (due to login)
libpam-modules (due to login) mount util-linux (due to mount) ncurses-base ncurses-bin sed sysvinit-utils libudev1 (due to util-linux)
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2503 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 7238 MB disk space will be freed.
You are about to do something potentially harmful.
To continue type in the phrase 'Yes, do as I say!'
The multiple warnings as well as the necessity to literally type:
Yes, do as I say!
are security means in place to keep you from destroying your system, as the system’s package manager apt is perfectly capable of doing that. Any command run with sudo should be run carefully and thoughtfully, but don’t fret: Nearly every experienced user of Ubuntu broke their system at least once, in fact that’s part of the fun if you ask me.
Further reading
this answer to apt-get remove with wildcard removed way more than expected. why?
edited 3 hours ago
Fabby
27.4k1562167
answered 5 hours ago
dessertdessert
26.2k676111
Yes I did. But there was only one prompt. And looking back I also thought it was a little overkill with all these warnings just for deleting an app :o)
– Jesper Joachim Sørensen
5 hours ago
okay. I have already reinstalled my ubuntu from scratch.
– Jesper Joachim Sørensen
5 hours ago
5
That is a serious flaw inapt-getIMO.[write]does not matchlibgcc1. It matches a substring (i) but not the whole package name. I didn't know of this behaviour before but maybe I should file a bug...
– danzel
5 hours ago
2
@MSalters[write]is an expression. I agree the manual is fuzzy there, but the underlying mechanics are very good and the security measures (see above) couldn’t be better IMO. This is more a case of insufficient documentation than a bug.
– dessert
4 hours ago
2
@danzel The manual is pretty clear about that: “Note that matching is done by substring (…). If this is undesired, anchor the regular expression with a '^' or '$' character, or create a more specific regular expression.”
– dessert
4 hours ago
|
show 3 more comments
The correct command to remove a package named write is:
sudo apt-get remove write
[write] is a character set matching the characters “w”, “r”, “i”, “t” and “e” and as matching is done by substring by apt. The command you ran thus matched all packages with one of these characters in it, which of course are a lot. To quote apt’s output listing just the essential ones:
WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed.
This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing!
apt adduser (due to apt) gpgv (due to apt) ubuntu-keyring (due to apt) libapt-pkg5.0 (due to apt) libc6 (due to apt) libgcc1 (due to apt) libgnutls30 (due to apt) libseccomp2 (due to apt)
libstdc++6 (due to apt) base-files base-passwd libdebconfclient0 (due to base-passwd) bash libtinfo5 (due to bash) debianutils (due to bash) bsdutils libsystemd0 (due to bsdutils) coreutils
libacl1 (due to coreutils) libattr1 (due to coreutils) libselinux1 (due to coreutils) dash dpkg (due to dash) diffutils libbz2-1.0 (due to dpkg) liblzma5 (due to dpkg) libzstd1 (due to dpkg)
zlib1g (due to dpkg) tar (due to dpkg) e2fsprogs libblkid1 (due to e2fsprogs) libcom-err2 (due to e2fsprogs) libext2fs2 (due to e2fsprogs) libss2 (due to e2fsprogs) libuuid1 (due to e2fsprogs) fdisk
libfdisk1 (due to fdisk) libmount1 (due to fdisk) libncursesw5 (due to fdisk) libsmartcols1 (due to fdisk) findutils grep libpcre3 (due to grep) install-info (due to grep) gzip hostname init
systemd-sysv (due to init) init-system-helpers (due to init) perl-base (due to init-system-helpers) libc-bin login libaudit1 (due to login) libpam0g (due to login) libpam-runtime (due to login)
libpam-modules (due to login) mount util-linux (due to mount) ncurses-base ncurses-bin sed sysvinit-utils libudev1 (due to util-linux)
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2503 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 7238 MB disk space will be freed.
You are about to do something potentially harmful.
To continue type in the phrase 'Yes, do as I say!'
The multiple warnings as well as the necessity to literally type:
Yes, do as I say!
are security means in place to keep you from destroying your system, as the system’s package manager apt is perfectly capable of doing that. Any command run with sudo should be run carefully and thoughtfully, but don’t fret: Nearly every experienced user of Ubuntu broke their system at least once, in fact that’s part of the fun if you ask me.
Further reading
this answer to apt-get remove with wildcard removed way more than expected. why?
edited 3 hours ago
Fabby
27.4k1562167
answered 5 hours ago
dessertdessert
26.2k676111
Yes I did. But there was only one prompt. And looking back I also thought it was a little overkill with all these warnings just for deleting an app :o)
– Jesper Joachim Sørensen
5 hours ago
okay. I have already reinstalled my ubuntu from scratch.
– Jesper Joachim Sørensen
5 hours ago
5
That is a serious flaw inapt-getIMO.[write]does not matchlibgcc1. It matches a substring (i) but not the whole package name. I didn't know of this behaviour before but maybe I should file a bug...
– danzel
5 hours ago
2
@MSalters[write]is an expression. I agree the manual is fuzzy there, but the underlying mechanics are very good and the security measures (see above) couldn’t be better IMO. This is more a case of insufficient documentation than a bug.
– dessert
4 hours ago
2
@danzel The manual is pretty clear about that: “Note that matching is done by substring (…). If this is undesired, anchor the regular expression with a '^' or '$' character, or create a more specific regular expression.”
– dessert
4 hours ago
|
show 3 more comments
The correct command to remove a package named write is:
sudo apt-get remove write
[write] is a character set matching the characters “w”, “r”, “i”, “t” and “e” and as matching is done by substring by apt. The command you ran thus matched all packages with one of these characters in it, which of course are a lot. To quote apt’s output listing just the essential ones:
WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed.
This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing!
apt adduser (due to apt) gpgv (due to apt) ubuntu-keyring (due to apt) libapt-pkg5.0 (due to apt) libc6 (due to apt) libgcc1 (due to apt) libgnutls30 (due to apt) libseccomp2 (due to apt)
libstdc++6 (due to apt) base-files base-passwd libdebconfclient0 (due to base-passwd) bash libtinfo5 (due to bash) debianutils (due to bash) bsdutils libsystemd0 (due to bsdutils) coreutils
libacl1 (due to coreutils) libattr1 (due to coreutils) libselinux1 (due to coreutils) dash dpkg (due to dash) diffutils libbz2-1.0 (due to dpkg) liblzma5 (due to dpkg) libzstd1 (due to dpkg)
zlib1g (due to dpkg) tar (due to dpkg) e2fsprogs libblkid1 (due to e2fsprogs) libcom-err2 (due to e2fsprogs) libext2fs2 (due to e2fsprogs) libss2 (due to e2fsprogs) libuuid1 (due to e2fsprogs) fdisk
libfdisk1 (due to fdisk) libmount1 (due to fdisk) libncursesw5 (due to fdisk) libsmartcols1 (due to fdisk) findutils grep libpcre3 (due to grep) install-info (due to grep) gzip hostname init
systemd-sysv (due to init) init-system-helpers (due to init) perl-base (due to init-system-helpers) libc-bin login libaudit1 (due to login) libpam0g (due to login) libpam-runtime (due to login)
libpam-modules (due to login) mount util-linux (due to mount) ncurses-base ncurses-bin sed sysvinit-utils libudev1 (due to util-linux)
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2503 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 7238 MB disk space will be freed.
You are about to do something potentially harmful.
To continue type in the phrase 'Yes, do as I say!'
The multiple warnings as well as the necessity to literally type:
Yes, do as I say!
are security means in place to keep you from destroying your system, as the system’s package manager apt is perfectly capable of doing that. Any command run with sudo should be run carefully and thoughtfully, but don’t fret: Nearly every experienced user of Ubuntu broke their system at least once, in fact that’s part of the fun if you ask me.
Further reading
this answer to apt-get remove with wildcard removed way more than expected. why?
edited 3 hours ago
Fabby
27.4k1562167
answered 5 hours ago
dessertdessert
26.2k676111
The correct command to remove a package named write is:
sudo apt-get remove write
[write] is a character set matching the characters “w”, “r”, “i”, “t” and “e” and as matching is done by substring by apt. The command you ran thus matched all packages with one of these characters in it, which of course are a lot. To quote apt’s output listing just the essential ones:
WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed.
This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing!
apt adduser (due to apt) gpgv (due to apt) ubuntu-keyring (due to apt) libapt-pkg5.0 (due to apt) libc6 (due to apt) libgcc1 (due to apt) libgnutls30 (due to apt) libseccomp2 (due to apt)
libstdc++6 (due to apt) base-files base-passwd libdebconfclient0 (due to base-passwd) bash libtinfo5 (due to bash) debianutils (due to bash) bsdutils libsystemd0 (due to bsdutils) coreutils
libacl1 (due to coreutils) libattr1 (due to coreutils) libselinux1 (due to coreutils) dash dpkg (due to dash) diffutils libbz2-1.0 (due to dpkg) liblzma5 (due to dpkg) libzstd1 (due to dpkg)
zlib1g (due to dpkg) tar (due to dpkg) e2fsprogs libblkid1 (due to e2fsprogs) libcom-err2 (due to e2fsprogs) libext2fs2 (due to e2fsprogs) libss2 (due to e2fsprogs) libuuid1 (due to e2fsprogs) fdisk
libfdisk1 (due to fdisk) libmount1 (due to fdisk) libncursesw5 (due to fdisk) libsmartcols1 (due to fdisk) findutils grep libpcre3 (due to grep) install-info (due to grep) gzip hostname init
systemd-sysv (due to init) init-system-helpers (due to init) perl-base (due to init-system-helpers) libc-bin login libaudit1 (due to login) libpam0g (due to login) libpam-runtime (due to login)
libpam-modules (due to login) mount util-linux (due to mount) ncurses-base ncurses-bin sed sysvinit-utils libudev1 (due to util-linux)
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2503 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 7238 MB disk space will be freed.
You are about to do something potentially harmful.
To continue type in the phrase 'Yes, do as I say!'
The multiple warnings as well as the necessity to literally type:
Yes, do as I say!
are security means in place to keep you from destroying your system, as the system’s package manager apt is perfectly capable of doing that. Any command run with sudo should be run carefully and thoughtfully, but don’t fret: Nearly every experienced user of Ubuntu broke their system at least once, in fact that’s part of the fun if you ask me.
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this answer to apt-get remove with wildcard removed way more than expected. why?
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Yes I did. But there was only one prompt. And looking back I also thought it was a little overkill with all these warnings just for deleting an app :o)
– Jesper Joachim Sørensen
5 hours ago
okay. I have already reinstalled my ubuntu from scratch.
– Jesper Joachim Sørensen
5 hours ago
5
That is a serious flaw inapt-getIMO.[write]does not matchlibgcc1. It matches a substring (i) but not the whole package name. I didn't know of this behaviour before but maybe I should file a bug...
– danzel
5 hours ago
2
@MSalters[write]is an expression. I agree the manual is fuzzy there, but the underlying mechanics are very good and the security measures (see above) couldn’t be better IMO. This is more a case of insufficient documentation than a bug.
– dessert
4 hours ago
2
@danzel The manual is pretty clear about that: “Note that matching is done by substring (…). If this is undesired, anchor the regular expression with a '^' or '$' character, or create a more specific regular expression.”
– dessert
4 hours ago
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Yes I did. But there was only one prompt. And looking back I also thought it was a little overkill with all these warnings just for deleting an app :o)
– Jesper Joachim Sørensen
5 hours ago
okay. I have already reinstalled my ubuntu from scratch.
– Jesper Joachim Sørensen
5 hours ago
5
That is a serious flaw inapt-getIMO.[write]does not matchlibgcc1. It matches a substring (i) but not the whole package name. I didn't know of this behaviour before but maybe I should file a bug...
– danzel
5 hours ago
2
@MSalters[write]is an expression. I agree the manual is fuzzy there, but the underlying mechanics are very good and the security measures (see above) couldn’t be better IMO. This is more a case of insufficient documentation than a bug.
– dessert
4 hours ago
2
@danzel The manual is pretty clear about that: “Note that matching is done by substring (…). If this is undesired, anchor the regular expression with a '^' or '$' character, or create a more specific regular expression.”
– dessert
4 hours ago
Yes I did. But there was only one prompt. And looking back I also thought it was a little overkill with all these warnings just for deleting an app :o)
– Jesper Joachim Sørensen
5 hours ago
Yes I did. But there was only one prompt. And looking back I also thought it was a little overkill with all these warnings just for deleting an app :o)
– Jesper Joachim Sørensen
5 hours ago
okay. I have already reinstalled my ubuntu from scratch.
– Jesper Joachim Sørensen
5 hours ago
okay. I have already reinstalled my ubuntu from scratch.
– Jesper Joachim Sørensen
5 hours ago
5
5
That is a serious flaw in
apt-get IMO. [write] does not match libgcc1. It matches a substring (i) but not the whole package name. I didn't know of this behaviour before but maybe I should file a bug...– danzel
5 hours ago
That is a serious flaw in
apt-get IMO. [write] does not match libgcc1. It matches a substring (i) but not the whole package name. I didn't know of this behaviour before but maybe I should file a bug...– danzel
5 hours ago
2
2
@MSalters
[write] is an expression. I agree the manual is fuzzy there, but the underlying mechanics are very good and the security measures (see above) couldn’t be better IMO. This is more a case of insufficient documentation than a bug.– dessert
4 hours ago
@MSalters
[write] is an expression. I agree the manual is fuzzy there, but the underlying mechanics are very good and the security measures (see above) couldn’t be better IMO. This is more a case of insufficient documentation than a bug.– dessert
4 hours ago
2
2
@danzel The manual is pretty clear about that: “Note that matching is done by substring (…). If this is undesired, anchor the regular expression with a '^' or '$' character, or create a more specific regular expression.”
– dessert
4 hours ago
@danzel The manual is pretty clear about that: “Note that matching is done by substring (…). If this is undesired, anchor the regular expression with a '^' or '$' character, or create a more specific regular expression.”
– dessert
4 hours ago
|
show 3 more comments
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You literally entered
... [write], including the brackets? Then I'm afraid you indeed removed plenty of packages.– PerlDuck
5 hours ago
Yes including the brackets :o|
– Jesper Joachim Sørensen
5 hours ago
7
A teachable moment about reading the complete output. Many of us have done something similar...once.
– user535733
3 hours ago
$20 says you'll only make that mistake once, :p
– Gerowen
2 hours ago
1
So apt-get said "This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing! You are about to do something potentially harmful.", and you let it continue without knowing what it was going to do anyway?
– Joseph Sible
1 hour ago