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oneeyedpigeon 4 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Ubuntu 26.04 Ends 46 Years of Silent sudo Password...

I think the idea is that each character overwrites the previous, so you're never showing the total length (apart from 0/1!)

jadamson 4 months ago [–]

Ah, and the characters are supposed to be an ASCII spinner.

I think if I was new to Linux that would confuse the life out of me :)

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