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Title: 13 Linux lethal commands
Post by: sam on December 04, 2009, 02:47

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In this post I will collect all commands which SHOULD NEVER be executed in Linux. Any of them will cause data loss or corruption, can freeze or hang up running system.

NEVER RUN THESE COMMANDS IN LINUX BOX CLI!

http://www.linuxscrew.com/2009/12/03/13-linux-lethal-commands/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+linuxscrew+(Linux+Screw)

Title: Re: 13 Linux lethal commands
Post by: sam on December 04, 2009, 02:48

you probably also have to be logged into root to really screw up your machine but even as a standard user you will lose data.

Title: Re: 13 Linux lethal commands
Post by: Simon on December 04, 2009, 11:07

Wouldn't it be better not to know?  :dunno:

Title: Re: 13 Linux lethal commands
Post by: sam on December 04, 2009, 14:56

Quote from: Simon on December 04, 2009, 11:07

Wouldn't it be better not to know?  :dunno:

possibly - I've seen people's lives wrecked with rm -rf *