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submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/programmer_humor

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

rm -rf * stands for read mail really fast, and the * addresses all mails.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Remember to cd / before you use the command to address all of the emails

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I wiped all my data from a supercomputer by trying to 'cd' into a folder but making a typo and then running rm -rvf * from my home directory.

At least they kept backups... The system administrators were probably amused about who gets access