I just had an Idea

[days_of_ruin]

What if there was a website you could entire bash commands to see if
they are "clean" i.e not malicious.And there could be a firefox
plugin to make it even easier, just select the command text and right
click->"check command" or something like that.Is this feasible?

[Sealbhach]

It's good thinking. However, it would probably not be able to replicate the effect the command would have on your own system if you actually ran the command - due to all the possible different configurations.

It could work as a command vetting system - able to advise whether the command is potentially harmful or not.



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[RATM_Owns]

read -p "$PS1 " COMMAND
if [ "$COMMAND" = "sudo rm -rf /" ] ; then
echo "Command is not safe."
fi

[cardinals_fan]

Well, fakeroot simulates a root environment, so you can test things before running them as root.