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Tips for getting better at Linux.
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this post was submitted on 29 Dec 2024
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Wait I did this to my main drive everything went black is this suposed to happen? will it start working again?
in case you aren't joking, rm -rf / (albiet with a warning now) will delete allll the files on your system, so everything going black is the expected result.
rm is remove, the - is to indicate that you want to pass arguments, and r&f are recursive (delete stuff in the folders in this folder) and force (don't ask for confirmation). The slash afterwards designates the root folder, the folder with everything in it.
So "rm -rf /" means "remove, recursively and forcefully, everything in the / directory"
@Blisterexe @pineapple , after making a snapshot of VM. Sometimes, I do it just for fun and then roll back to the snapshot. Fun times.
it is a fun command to see happen, i agree