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Deletes all the files in the root-dir recursively (needs
sudo
).Without sudo all user-accessible files will be removed.
This will also affect all mounted drives (like USB-Drives, ...) and on some motherbords can also corrupt the UEFI.
If the UEFI is corrupted is there a way to even boot a Live Environment?
If you run a faulty UEFI-implementation then
rm
can turn you PC into a decorative pice of PCB.See this answer.