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I once had one of my users come to me: "I accidentally typed "ci filename" rather than "vi filename", it asked me some questions and I answered them, and now my file is gone." I told her: "Don't worry, I know exactly what happened and how to fix it!" She was one of that day's Lucky 10,000.


I, when a young lad, did the same thing. Many of us did.




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