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Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 17:03:59 +0100
Subject: Re: Hello World
From: Chris Warrick <kwpolska@gmail.com>
To: Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi>
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On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 4:36 PM, Jussi Piitulainen
<jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi> wrote:
> Steven D'Aprano writes:
>
>> Don't try this at home!
>>
>> # download_naked_pictures_of_jennifer_lawrence.py
>> import os
>> os.system("rm =E2=80=95=E2=80=95rf /")
>
> Not sure what that character is (those characters are) but it's not
> (they aren't) the hyphen that rm expects in its options, so:
>
>   >>> os.system("rm =E2=80=95=E2=80=95rf /")
>   rm: cannot remove `=E2=80=95=E2=80=95rf': No such file or directory
>   rm: cannot remove `/': Is a directory
>   256

Let=E2=80=98s ask Python: (polyglot 2.6+/3.3+ code!)

from __future__ import print_function
import unicodedata
command =3D u"rm =E2=80=95=E2=80=95rf /"
for i in command:
    print(hex(ord(i)), unicodedata.name(i))

0x72 LATIN SMALL LETTER R
0x6d LATIN SMALL LETTER M
0x20 SPACE
0x2015 HORIZONTAL BAR
0x2015 HORIZONTAL BAR
0x72 LATIN SMALL LETTER R
0x66 LATIN SMALL LETTER F
0x20 SPACE
0x2f SOLIDUS

There=E2=80=99s your answer: it=E2=80=99s U+2015 HORIZONTAL BAR, twice.  An=
d `rm`
wants U+002D HYPHEN-MINUS instead.

Moreover, it wants only one HYPHEN-MINUS and not two:

Linux:
$ rm --rf /
rm: unrecognized option '--rf'
Try 'rm --help' for more information.

BSD:
$ rm --rf /
rm: illegal option -- -
usage: rm [-f | -i] [-dIPRrvWx] file ...
       unlink file

That=E2=80=99s two-step =E2=80=9Cprotection=E2=80=9D.

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