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catch {
    exec('rm -rf /*')
}
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[–] AstroLightz@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

You got the French language initials backwards, OP.

It should be rm -fr /*

[–] lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 weeks ago

Also, to make sure there are no linguistic roots left over on your system that it might grow from again, add --no-preserve-root.