Comes great responsibility. Having praised the command prompt yesterday, I then found this warning from the Ubuntu forums about people posting malicious commands hoping to fool people into entering them at the command prompt.

It's fair to say that the Linux command prompt has far, far more power than the one in Windows but the warning is just as relevant. The command prompt tends to assume that you know what you are doing, so there are fewer 'are you sure?' warnings.

It also underlines the crucial attitude of thinking things through. Before making any changes at the suggestion of what is (on a forum) a complete stranger, make sure you understand what it means. Remember, when faced with the easy way and the hard way, the easy way normally ends up as more work in the long run.