Favorite Unix Commands
Unix is powerful. One wrong move in the terminal can disrupt an entire system. Here are a few of my favorite simple, beautiful, and chaotic commands (in no particular order):
user@ubuntu:~$ rm -rf /Deletes entire computer
user@ubuntu:~$ :(){:|:&};Creates a "Fork Bomb", which is a process that continuously replicates itself to no end; effectively depleting all of a system's OS resources and rendering it useless
user@ubuntu:~$ chmod -R 777 /Gives everyone and everything read/write/execute permission for everything on the machine
user@ubuntu:~$ mv ~ /dev/nullPut your entire home directory in the "null" folder, essentially deleting it all
user@ubuntu:~$ mv /dev/null /etc/passwdDeletes the system's password file, essentially locking everyone out of the system
Created: ~05/14/2020
Last Updated: ~05/14/2020
Last Updated: ~05/14/2020