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8 Deadly Commands You Should Never Run on Linux

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– September 28, 2012Posted in: Article, Howto, Opinion, Submitted

Linux’s terminal commands are powerful, and Linux won’t ask you for confirmation if you run a command that won’t break your system. It’s not uncommon to see trolls online recommending new Linux users run these commands as a joke.

Learning the commands you shouldn’t run can help protect you from trolls while increasing your understanding of how Linux works. This isn’t an exhaustive guide, and the commands here can be remixed in a variety of ways.

Note that many of these commands will only be dangerous if they’re prefixed with sudo on Ubuntu – they won’t work otherwise. On other Linux distributions, most commands must be run as root.

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Tags: confirmation, joke, linux, linux distributions, linux users, sudo, trolls, ubuntu

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