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[–] Aquila@sh.itjust.works 35 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Rm stands for remove

-fr stands for the French language

/ stands for your entire system

Don’t trust random internet strangers either

[–] Galapagon@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

So it's removing French from your system. Sounds like a useful tool on Linux if you don't speak French! Be sure to run as sudo though

[–] WeirdAlex03@lemmy.zip 21 points 3 months ago

Don't forget the --no-preserve-root either. If you leave the roots intact, the French will just grow right back

[–] Barzaria@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 months ago

I prefer the 'ole $sudo dd -i /dev/random -o /dev/sda