1.5KLinux Best Practices(lemmy.world)posted 2 years ago byalphacyberranger@lemmy.worldin programmer_humor@programming.devView comments126 commentssavehidereportSort:HotTopControversialNewOldYou are viewing a single thread.View all comments View context [ +- ]koper@feddit.nl15 points2 years ago*Itβs slightly different. Your shell will see the /* and replace it with all the directories under /, e.g. /bin /dev /etc /home etc. So the actual command that runs is rm -rf /bin /dev /etc /home etc. permalinksavereportparentreply