My workaround for "cp code.c test.c"

written by Anonymous on Thursday September 24th, 2015 -- 5:07 p.m.
in reply to Backups and Linux's Bullshit

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I used to do this accidentally all the time. My solution is this:

edit code.c
gcc -o code code.c && ./code
sh
cp code.c test.c
exit
edit code.c
gcc -o code code.c && ./code

This way it doesn't get stuck in your bash history. It's ugly, but it has saved me numerous times.

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Omit from history - crunge - 9/26/15

That's awesome... - Pj - 10/3/15

Permanent bash history - crunge - 10/8/15

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