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

submitted 10 months ago by oriond@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] julianh@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/sda

Wipes the entire disk and replaced it with random data.

[–] mokazemi@discuss.tchncs.de 2 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. 🥲😂

[–] kootepe@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 months ago

I'd imagine rm has easily caused the most destruction.

[–] dukatos@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

tar czf /dev/sda /home

[–] wantd2B1ofthestrokes@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 10 months ago

./fire_nukes.sh

[–] TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

As a WSL user:

sudo rm -rf /mnt/c/

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 1 points 10 months ago

If you have to ask, you're not ready to know.

[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Destructive for me or for others?

[–] oriond@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

for the terminal's operating system

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