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What is the most destroying command you can type in the Linux terminal? (lemmy.ml)

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[-] sxan@midwest.social 10 points 8 months ago

I was going to suggest a fork bomb, but it is recovered easily. Then I thought about inserting a fork bomb into .profile, or better, into a boot process script, like:

echo ':(){:|:&};:' | sudo tee -a /bin/iptables-apply

That could be pretty nasty. But still, pretty easy to recover from, so not really "destructive."

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