rm -rf /bin/laden

[yodermon]

just saw this on facebook
#geek

[Aerows]

1. Okay,

that was funny! LOL

[lonestarnot]

2. why? WTF does that mean?

[kick-ass-bob]

5. rm is "remove" or delete, I forget what -rf actually means but

"The rm -rf variant of the command, if run by a superuser on the root directory, would cause the contents of nearly every writable mounted filesystem on the computer to be deleted, up to the point the system itself crashes from missing some crucial file, directory, or the like."

And bin is a common directory for where programs sit, making it extra funny. :)

[lukasahero]

7. If -f then delete without asking permission

The -r is to delete the entire directory.

[johnaries]

11. Thanks, I never use the -f switch and wasn't sure what it was for. nt

[lukasahero]

15. There's a good reason you never use it. ;) eom

[hootinholler]

17. Because you have rm aliased to rm -f in your .bashrc?

That's one reason, lol.

Stupid Unix trix.

-Hoot

[hootinholler]

16. Almost...

-r is recursive so it will delete what it can in a depth-first traversal of the filesystem beginning with the named node.

-f is force mode - which will apply your permissions on the node to the rm operation. It not asking permission is somewhat of a side effect (but the most common one).

-Hoot

[lukasahero]

22. Sorry - I'm no sys admin

Was going from memory and aiming for the gist. Should have known I'd get schooled. ;)

[peace4ever]

18. to recursively delete that directory, and any directories it may contain

:hi:

[SecularMotion]

6. Man rm

http://ss64.com/bash/rm.html

[Davis_X_Machina]

3. K&R

[lukasahero]

4. :)

:thumbsup:

[shireen]

8. off to dev/null/

[BadgerKid]

9. killall -HUP ladend

[DavidDvorkin]

10. bin_laden would make more sense

Or BinLaden or binLaden, depending on how you classify him.

[johnaries]

13. Naw, the /bin makes it funnier, since it's a real directory for "tools".

:rofl:

[DavidDvorkin]

19. Yes, I know

Worked on Solaris systems for years.

But he wasn't a tool.

[Dogmudgeon]

14. /bin/ is a standard part of the POSIX (Linux, Unix) file system

Hence, /bin/laden

--d!

[octothorpe]

12. heh

[cliffordu]

20. LOL...Yep.

[backscatter712]

21. killall -9 /bin/laden

[DisgustipatedinCA]

23. write erase. reload in 5?

Sorry, Cisco needed representation amongst all the linux chatter.

[backscatter712]

24. pkill -9 /bin/laden

Or if you want to get cute

kill -KILL `pgrep /bin/laden`