what does the $ as a variable do?

[Michael Havens]

thank you for letting me know this.

:-)~MIKE~(-:

On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 5:55 PM, Todd Millecam <tyggna at gmail.com> wrote:

> You can see the value of any variable just by typing:
> echo $STEAMROOT
>
> It'll probably be something like /home/user/.steam
> But, if you've installed your games in multiple locations, then it would
> come back empty (because it would be an array or a list of directories),
> and thus expand to nothing leaving:
>
> rm -rf /*
>
> Which means wipe your whole OS.
>
> On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 5:49 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> people are reporting a bug in steam. apparently there is a line in it
>> that is deleting all the personal data all connected read/write media.
>>  this is how the line reads:
>>
>>
>> rm -rf $STEAMROOT/*
>>
>>
>> what does the '$' expand too?
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
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