search-and-destroy mode

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search-and-destroy mode - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  search-and-destroy mode
  
     Hackerism for a noninteractive search-and-replace facility in
     an editor, so called because an incautiously chosen match
     pattern can cause infinite damage.
  
     [Jargon File]
  

search-and-destroy mode - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  search-and-destroy mode
   n.
  
     Hackerism for a noninteractive search-and-replace facility in an
     editor, so called because an incautiously chosen match pattern can
     cause infinite damage.