I recently created a bash script to periodically backup my databases to Git and I ran into a problem with a single line:
rm -rf "${LOCAL_DIRECTORY:?}/*"The previous command should have deleted all files located inside the LOCAL_DIRECTORY folder, but it didn't... 🤔
I scratched my head for a long time until I came across this answer on Stack Overflow. I still don't know why, but just putting /* outside the double-quotes solved my problem. 🤩
rm -rf "${LOCAL_DIRECTORY:?}"/*It's crazy when just three characters completely change the outcome, right? 😅
