Fun Commands to Run
This is a great command to never in your life run on a production machine.
rm -rfdP /
Basically it says: Start at the root directory. Remove everything. If it tells you that you can't remove something, remove it anyway. Remove all directories, even the directories inside directories. Now. Write over all the files with 0x00. Do it again with 0XFF, then again with 0x00.
This is a mean thing to do.
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Don't do this
rm -rfdP / (Via Adventures in Troubleshooting)...
Comments:
I'm not even going to ask why you're sharing this info...
Posted by Joseph J. Finn on August 15, 2003 — 4:12 PM
It was once said that rm -rf stood for 'read mail, real fast'
UNIX can be a harsh mistress...
Posted by Bob O'Shaughnessy on August 16, 2003 — 11:27 AM
Ouch...the results of that must have been loads of fun!
Posted by Tom Bridge on August 16, 2003 — 12:08 PM