I remember being so scared the first time I screwed up my $PATH
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sudo dd if=. /rpi3-aarch64-archlinux.img status=progress of=/dev/sd[tab] [tab] [enter]
bah, https://github.com/fosslinux/live-bootstrap
you don't even need a terminal or a prompt to bootstrap every tool you need.
echo $PATH
And alias to be sure.
bash: echo: command not found
bash: alias: command not found
echo and alias are both shell commands. If the shell is running (which it obviously still is), those commands should still work, as it does not involve reading data from disk, but from memory.
Edit: I just noticed the picture said cd was not found, which is also a shell built-in. So, I don't know.
Just tested it in a container. The original screenshot is wrong:
Why would somebody lie on the internet?
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Switch your calculator with a computer. Try again.
Reminds me this great story from a different era:
I got reminded of it last week after years. What are the chances it came up again. 😁
THANKS!!! I have it bookmarked forever now!
I lost access to it. Thank you for bringing it back to me! Yay!...
That was a beautiful read, cheers!
If you enjoyed it, I've collected a couple of others:
The final line of the one about the VAX machine is so perfect
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