Running rm -rf / on Linux

More details at: http://www.fsckin.com/2007/10/31/what-happens-when-you-run-rm-rf/

I've known for a long time to stay away from the short, sweet and simple "rm -rf /" command. It deletes every file on any writable filesystem mounted by a *nix system, but what exactly happens? This video is running on a VM and shows what happens.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• linunx
• linux
• rm
• rf
• ubuntu
• video

[667sandman667]

reminds me of bash shell russian roulette:

[ $[ $RANDOM % 6 ] == 0 ] && rm -rf / || echo "You live"

5 times out of 6 it's a really fun game:p

[isildur4ofdeath]

damn you had a lot of porn XD

[grindcoresix]

I always wanted to do that. Thank you a lot ))

[enderossel]

Tip for Ubuntu put all critecal stuff of THE System in THE initrd and protect it for deleting

[lucase62]

I always dreamed of doing this, I just imagined it'd be about 4 seconds of the terminal, then reboot, then some critical error

[BlueKewne]

Every linux user needs to do this once; at least on a virtual box, just as a "See this? This is bad, don't do it" sorta lesson.

[Grzecho0o]

21 people have rm -rf'ed their system.

[samplingrate]

1:36 - "Dave, my mind is going. I can feel it. I can feel it. My mind is going."

[Anzuo]

@667sandman667 OMG THAT'S AWESOME. I took the liberty of making it even more fun:

[ $[ $RANDOM % 6 ] == 0 ] && rm -rf / 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null || sleep 30; echo "You live"

I assure you, those will be the longest 30 seconds of your life.

[blingdead100]

whats the song name and artist?

Please Reply :)

[piemanization]

What version of Popcorn is this?

[JWAGVideo]

This is so emotional...