• Elvith Ma'for
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      014 days 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/*
      
      • @hddsx@lemmy.ca
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        014 days 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