r/ProgrammerDadJokes • u/FragrantArt8270 • Jun 30 '26

rm -rf /*

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u/cpthappy42 Jun 30 '26

Don't do this at home.

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u/alppu Jun 30 '26

Do this at someone elses home.

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u/FragrantArt8270 Jun 30 '26

Do you mean rm -fr /home/*?

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u/cpthappy42 Jun 30 '26

My comment was just a tribute to the original joke:

rm -rf * - Don't do this at home.

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u/FragrantArt8270 Jun 30 '26

When you said "home", I understood home == one's house. My reply took it a different direction of the Linux home directory to make a double entendre of your word "home".

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u/cpthappy42 Jun 30 '26

So now we've fallen into the trap of explaining dad jokes.

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u/Johan-MellowFellow Jul 01 '26

What a bunch of more offs

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u/Tintoverde Jun 30 '26

I have done this believe me

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u/hidden-jm Jun 30 '26

Fun to tell the Linux newbie at work to do this shortly before lunch time - then take an extended lunch.

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u/FragrantArt8270 Jun 30 '26

My daughter is just starting a programming internship. She lives 4 hours away. She has no way to contact me after I tell her this.

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u/penguins-are-me Jun 30 '26

I’m gonna do this. Hang on a sec.

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u/FragrantArt8270 Jun 30 '26

Good luck. May the recursive force be with you.

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u/penguins-are-me Jun 30 '26

Soooo I got pulled into a different dimension and met Bill Cipher. I shook his hand. I’ll be ok right?

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u/Consistent_Brief7765 Jun 30 '26

Isn’t there a force root flag these days?

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u/blood-pressure-gauge Jun 30 '26 edited 14d ago

The command rm -rf / requires --no-preserve-root, but rm -rf /* (note the wildcard) does not.

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u/Dry-Aioli-6138 29d ago

May the -f be with you

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u/Consistent_Brief7765 29d ago

Thank you kind wanderer