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lol sudo rm -rf / (feddit.de)
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[-] wdx@feddit.de 59 points 7 months ago

Something something rm -fr / to remove the french language pack

[-] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 25 points 7 months ago

and rm -rf removes only the République française language pack

[-] force@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

other ""french"" species are inferior and don't deserve mention

[-] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 7 months ago

honestly I’ve had the best luck when I use the French Riviera version to delete my hard drive:

rm -Riv /

[-] redcalcium 3 points 7 months ago

rm -fr /*

[-] EddyBot@feddit.de 2 points 7 months ago

newer versions of coreutils require --no-preserve-root on /* too

[-] cows_are_underrated@feddit.de 10 points 7 months ago

Also you don't want to preserve the word roots of it so you have to add --no-preserve-root

[-] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

That's the only one I find particularly funny, the rest are just ok

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