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Old 02-20-2009
Most deadly commands on Unix/Linux !!
lets list the most deadly commands on Unix/Linux and what they do....

> sudo rm -rf /
# 2  
Old 02-21-2009
I will move this to the lounge since it's not really a scripting thread.

dd if=/dev/zero bs=512 of=/dev/mem
# 3  
Old 02-21-2009
Code:
:(){ :|:& };:

Code:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/<bootdisk>

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Old 02-21-2009
ls > /dev/sda
I never tried, btw
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Old 02-21-2009
what does this code do(pasted in above by pludi) ?
:(){ :|:& };:
# 6  
Old 02-21-2009
It's a fork bomb, much like
Code:
perl -e 'fork while true;'

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Old 02-21-2009
See: https://www.unix.com/unix-advanced-ex...t-command.html for a detailed discussion.
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