Aaron Rainbolt on Nostr: New fear unlocked: Linux commands that assume you're in some specific directory even ...
New fear unlocked: Linux commands that assume you're in some specific directory even if you pass an absolute path to them.
So far only `find` and `sha512sum` have bitten me this way, but they bite *hard*!
#linux #bash #programming #posix #unix
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