What happens when "sudo rm -rf /" is excuted

This from start all linux gurus here, are warning newbies that don't use sudo rm -rf / command, it very dangerous .

Lets see that this Sh!tty command do

*www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWOjmvWPRvQ

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It's not a shitty command at all., it lets you play God

^^ Ok, now you are being a fanboy.

Having a Self Destruct command for an OS is not a good idea!

ring_wraith said:
^^ Ok, now you are being a fanboy.

Having a Self Destruct command for an OS is not a good idea!

the panic button

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ring_wraith said:
^^ Ok, now you are being a fanboy.

Having a Self Destruct command for an OS is not a good idea!

Nein, far from it, whenever I'm installing new distro's, I watch this command in action with a laugh and a coffee instead of doing it the conventional way. I enjoy it.

does this classify as a bug?

Before I set off a flame war, let me say that there may be some extremely rare instances in which this command might be useful, [like if you are a hacker and the FBI is at your door] but this is still not a good idea as a newbie could be misguided into running it, leading to severe data loss.

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Yes it's a strict NO NO for a newbie until he/she is no more a newbie. But data loss can also be prevented, assuming by data you mean contents on a separate partition, in which case, just unmount that partition before issuing the command.

ring_wraith said:
Before I set off a flame war, let me say that there may be some extremely rare instances in which this command might be useful, [like if you are a hacker and the FBI is at your door] but this is still not a good idea as a newbie could be misguided into running it, leading to severe data loss.

with great power comes great responsibility (though i hate being responsible

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gary4gar said:
does this classify as a bug?

nope its a bliss

But this command just doing what's it is designed for.

Is'nt it...?

But I think it should warn user first of the consequences.

^^^ +1, the user should be given not be allowed to use the -f switch when the target is / (root) or any other mounted partition (home/other FS etc.) without confirmation (Though it is completely against what -f is intended but for mounted partitions there should at least be one prompt).

isnt there -i flag ?

T159 said:
isnt there -i flag ?

yes, as a counter you can put this in your ~.bashrc aliases section

can anyone explain in plain english wat this command does?

^^^ Clean shave!

give u a break from linux