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Re:Undergrad thought he had mastered Unix in weeks. Then he ... by PeterWhittaker on Monday November 18, 2024 @10:27AM (#42173221)
Been there. Thought I was in a subordinate directory, forgot I was in /dev. When my tty went funky, I realized the scope of my error, hit ctrl-C, and with great luck managed to remember the mknod incantation for tty.

With the tty restored, the rest was painful but doable.

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