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Claude Code Named a Folder '~' — Then an Unquoted rm -rf * Found It

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A Claude Code user running v2.0.55 on macOS reported a two-part failure: the agent first created a directory literally named ~ for no stated reason, then later ran rm -rf * in that directory's parent — and the shell's own glob expansion carried the delete into the user's real home directory. What t…

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  1. 2026-10-03 09:53 · DEV Community — AI
    Claude Code Named a Folder '~' — Then an Unquoted rm -rf * Found It

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