rm = remove
-f = all files whether write protected or not without prompting the user for confirmation or writing a message to the console about the file removal.
-r is recursive, which means to repeatedly remove all files until the base case is the only thing left.
-f = all files whether write protected or not without prompting the user for confirmation or writing a message to the console about the file removal.
-r is recursive, which means to repeatedly remove all files until the base case is the only thing left.
There is a whole directory of files you no longer need on your UNIX system. You do not want to remove them one at a time. Use rm -rf/ to remove them all at once.
by frederick eccher jr November 3, 2004
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Run on a Linux machine that belongs to the person(s) you don't like.
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Get the rm safetynet mug.A "rm monkey" is a specific form of computer hacker, one who delights in hacking into a computer system and deleting everything on it. The items deleted don't have to be important or necessary; to a rm monkey, successful hacking is like a fire sale: everything must go.
This name comes from the *nix command "rm," which removes a file/folder/etc from a computer. The particular comman that rm monkeys enjoy is "rm -rf *", which recursively destroys every single file on a computer, until something really important/essential is deleted and the sysem can no longer function.
This name comes from the *nix command "rm," which removes a file/folder/etc from a computer. The particular comman that rm monkeys enjoy is "rm -rf *", which recursively destroys every single file on a computer, until something really important/essential is deleted and the sysem can no longer function.
Did you hear? ub3r_1337_h4x0r just gained root access to the company's network and fucking NUKED the thing. He's definitely an rm monkey.
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