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Running rm -rf / on Linux

More details at: http://www.fsckin.com/2007/... 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 mou...  
 
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xps1340 (1 week ago) Show Hide
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lol, I don't even know why that is funny, it just is.
RenegadeFury (1 week ago) Show Hide
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THIS IS HURTING MY SOUL!
myself248 (2 weeks ago) Show Hide
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We used to play DLL Jenga on Win3.1, wherein players take turns deleting DLLs and starting apps to see when the system falls over.
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that command would be executed almost instantly if it weren't for the -v switch!

For some reason, outputting text to the terminal slows down the actual process, and 'rm' without -v actually removes instantly!
swar0g (2 months ago) Show Hide
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you can do this for many times in a day without harming your computer. just install a virtualisation software like kvm and start it in snapshot mode
TheQuestioner132 (2 months ago) Show Hide
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rm -rf / doesn't work on GNU/Linux, rm -rf /* does though.
mgt802 (2 months ago) Show Hide
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This is scary, why is such a command even possible.
Adlandshostmaster (2 months ago) Show Hide
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because you might want to use it. Duh.
mace1337 (2 months ago) Show Hide
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hell yeah popcorn
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sudo apt-get install super-kamikaze_krazy

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