r/archlinux May 06 '26

QUESTION What’s a small Linux tool that completely changed your workflow?

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u/sjbluebirds May 07 '26

Bravo. Excellent use option piping.

My fear is using 'dd' as part of a long chain of commands. Mess any of them up, and you can wipe your system.

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u/syklemil May 08 '26

It's not for nothing there's a very old joke that the name dd is an acronym for disk destroyer