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DIGG (jake6730) Running "sudo rm -rf /" deletes your Linux or Mac OS X while it is running. DO NOT EXECUTE THIS COMMAND!

Channel: Science & Technology
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: alwayschooseford

Length: 02:59
Rating: 4.04
Views: 115021

Tags: -rf  delete  linux  mac  operating  os  osx  rm  sudo  system  

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TacoTown241 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Damn, what was that on your desktop? A baby gremlin?
IdOnTLikEtHiSrAp (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
lol computer jackass XD thank you
Adminyx (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
actually nvm the * does work after / I just typed it wrong in terminal when trying to delete a test folder. The * deletes everything in it not the folder itself. Either way Linux go bye bye
Adminyx (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Heres a list of all the bad commands rm -rf / rm -rf . rm -rf * rm -r .[^.]* mkfs mkfs.ext3 mkfs.anything any_command /dev/sda dd if=something of=/dev/sda :(){:|:};: fork while fork (({(in perl)})) python -c 'import os; os.system("".join([chr(ord(i)-1) for i in "sn!.sg!+"]))' The * looks cooler than / i prefer the fourth one over all. BTW NVM you don't use * after /.
Adminyx (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Dude it works with the * too. * is always wild card which defines all folders in that directory.
alwayschooseford (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
no, that is what the "r" does, it is recursive it means that it deletes all folders and contents
Adminyx (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
you need the hash after the / so it would look like sudo rm -rf /*
ras0ir (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
haha nice xD
theJojan (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
If you're using later version of GNUs rm you need to type "sudo rm -rf --no-preserve-root /". Now it would by default give "sudo rm -rf --preserve-root /" which then preserves the root.
GegoXaren (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
fork bomb!

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