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First one requires --no-preserve-root to be effective on GNU tools ;)

• segfaultbuserr 6y ago
  There's a more elegant solution: rm -rf /* Just an extra asterisk is enough. The shell expands it to all subdirectories under /, and it's compatible with all Unix systems.
  • ezrast 6y ago
    Wildcard expansion skips filenames beginning with a dot, though.
    • mixmastamyk 6y ago
      There's no useful ones at the root level however.
      • ezrast 6y ago
        Having a place to store files where they won't get deleted when you make a typo sounds useful to me.