this post was submitted on 12 Oct 2023
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In Linux, the root of the filesystem is /
The command would remove recursively every file/directory in the filesystem, essentially nuking the whole system.
Im not sure if it would delete the whole system. Isn't it more likely that it will destroy everything until it kills a file/directory necessary for the operation to run?
Well, maybe. My explanation was an oversimplification.
You can always try it and see for yourself (in a VM of course).