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What is the most destroying command you can type in the Linux terminal? (lemmy.ml)

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[-] mokazemi@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 10 months ago

I was a newbie user, telling a friend of mine about rm -rf /*. I typed it in a hit Enter, telling him it doesn't harm since I didn't enter sudo. But I'd forgotten that I have still permission to delete my home directory. 🥲😂

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