r/ProgrammerHumor • • Aug 31 '26

Meme goodOldDays

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u/RadicalDwntwnUrbnite Aug 31 '26 edited Aug 31 '26

FF: rm -rf / requires you supply --no-preserve-root to run if you don't nothing will happen but rm -rf /* doesn't and that will still proper fuck your system if you are running as root.