alt Hacker NewsIf you can't understand that command before pasting it in your terminal, then you probably shouldn't be editing the Arch Linux wiki.
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PlasmaPower • today at 4:41 AM
They have a similar command for the Arch Linux forum, where beginners are encouraged to ask questions
chrismorgan • today at 7:13 AM
Also you need, to some extent, to understand that it’s something to execute in a terminal, because it doesn’t tell you that bit.
My issue with this style of verification is more that it normalises running commands right in the terminal. Commands that come from place you kind of trust. And poof at some point it will contain some nefarious code. Instead of using a package manager (the curl to bash variant) or running these commands in a container/vm.