Please Sudo Terminal Commands

skarband@SOLSTICE:~$ alias please="sudo" skarband@SOLSTICE:~$ please mv README.md codemopolitan/ skarband@SOLSTICE:~$ please find codemopolitan/ -iname *ME.md codemopolitan/README.md skarband@SOLSTICE:~$ please shutdown_

A terminal screenshot shows a user creating an alias so that “please” runs commands with sudo privileges, then moving and searching for a README file before beginning a shutdown command. The joke is the exaggerated politeness of using “please” for powerful system commands, ending with the ominous unfinished shutdown. It is typically shared as a nerdy programming or Linux reaction meme about polite but dangerous command-line behavior.

• @profunctor_io / 2825 2019-08-13