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catch {
    exec('rm -rf /*')
}
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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You got the French language initials backwards, OP.

It should be rm -fr /*

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Also, to make sure there are no linguistic roots left over on your system that it might grow from again, add --no-preserve-root.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago