oriond@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 11 months agoWhat is the most destroying command you can type in the Linux terminal?message-squaremessage-square141fedilinkarrow-up1164arrow-down19
arrow-up1155arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the most destroying command you can type in the Linux terminal?oriond@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 11 months agomessage-square141fedilink
minus-squareBlueÆtherAlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·11 months agobeen there and done rm -rf as root
minus-squareBlueÆtherAlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agobecause I wanted to delete something? It was probably 23 odd years ago
minus-squareoriond@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-211 months agoI think in these days, rm will warn you if you do a rm -rf /
minus-squareEmpricorn@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoAh. Just curious if you were actively trying to nuke a distribution or were following instructions from a troll online or something.
minus-squareBlueÆtherAlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoIt was one of those moments where you just mistype something when trying to clear out a whole dir
been there and done rm -rf as root
Why?
because I wanted to delete something? It was probably 23 odd years ago
I think in these days, rm will warn you if you do a
rm -rf /Ah. Just curious if you were actively trying to nuke a distribution or were following instructions from a troll online or something.
It was one of those moments where you just mistype something when trying to clear out a whole dir