• Elvith Ma'for
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    44 months ago

    Have you tried to add * to the path? No more nagging about that pesky missing safety parameter…

    rm -fr /*
    

    Bonus points of you do:

    rm -fr $ACCIDENTIALLY_UNDEFINED_VAR/*
    
    • @[email protected]
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      14 months ago

      Well, technically those aren’t the same command (but works well enough if you’re trying to render a system unusable).

      rm -rf /* would not remove /.secret. It rm -rf / would