[CraneWorm]

> # Forensically clone filesystems and do other low-level operations on files. Very dangerous:

> dd

this kind of mindset is not helping and IMO only alienates newcomers (they seem to be the target here) from the many uses that dd has (other than overwriting your data)

[tyingq]

As far as I can tell, the danger is around the of=somefile option. Maybe because the english word "of" feels more like "from" than "to", and "out file" isn't the first thing that comes to mind.

[goblinux]

absolutely the case. i'm new to Linux and wasn't around in the good old terminal only days - the abbreviations are arcane

why is ch change directory but chmod is change mode? why not cm? or chd?

i had to look this one up because the only explanation i was given for the name of the command dd was 'disk destroyer'. had to go into some old forum to learn that cc was already taken for make and so they just went to the next letter down the line??

it's buck wild in there. i like it, but i've taken to just treating some commands like magic spells because the commands are so impenetrable