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submitted 1 year ago by alphacyberranger@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] Sal@mander.xyz 1 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

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