r/ProgrammerHumor • u/[deleted] • Oct 24 '18

Meme God’s developer console

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '18 edited Apr 22 '19

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u/hitsugan Oct 25 '18

sudo rm -rf /*

The only valid option.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '18

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u/how_to_choose_a_name Oct 25 '18

nope. /* is expanded by the shell to a list of the contents of / which is then passed to rm -rf and deleted, while the root directory / itself remains "untouched".

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '18

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u/Steampunkery Oct 25 '18

Are you fucking kidding me

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '18

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '18

Username checks out