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    [–] mojo@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    I've never actually tried this but feel like rm should have a built in warning specifically for that command letting them know they've been trolled and have a y/N prompt.

    [–] havokdj@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    There kind of is one, but it is overridden by -f

    [–] Flumsy@feddit.de 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    You also need the flag "--no-preserve-root".

    [–] Silejonu@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago

    No you don't.

    rm -fr / requires the flag, but rm -fr /* does not.

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