You can backup your config files before editing them, like this:

cp configbeingedited.conf configbeingedited.conf__orig_datestring

This way, when things break or don’t function how you like, you can easily copy the original config file back into position, restoring the original functionality.

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      This is a clean way to make your own new command called ‘bak’, to automate making a second copy of the file.