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The most notorious command combination in the terminal — typed against the top-level folder by mistake, it can erase the whole system.

Which one is it?

Q: Which one is it?

rm -rf /. rm deletes, -r recurses into folders, -f forces without asking — and / is the entire system. There is no trash can in the terminal, which is also why AI-suggested delete commands deserve a human read before running.

rm -rf / ✓
ls -al
echo hello

rm -rf /
rm deletes, -r recurses into folders, -f forces without asking — and / is the entire system. There is no trash can in the terminal, which is also why AI-suggested delete commands deserve a human read before running.

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