How to be evil: Execute `touch -- '-rf *'` in their home directory. They'll probably will run `rm` on it before realisi - devRant

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Or create a directory named ~
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noogli

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Pls explain for Linux noobs
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PrivateGER

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totoxto

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@noogli writing rm -rf * deletes everything in folder recursively.
~ would refer to the users home folder on the system.
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PrivateGER

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@totoxto What does touch do? I've never used it.
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totoxto

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@PrivateGER as it's used there it creates a file. So the joke is that you'll accidentally type in a command to delete everything in the folder when trying to delete the file.
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PrivateGER

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@totoxto oh that's evil :D
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noogli

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Touch changes timestamps but also create a file if it isn't present
I didn't get what -- is for ?
And how u delete that file then?
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totoxto

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@noogli used to signify that you're done with command options in bash.
In practice the command he posted makes the file with quotes so it doesn't really work, to avoid -rf to be interpreted as options you can use -- again.
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noogli

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@totoxto thx
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demortes

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I accidentally created a file that way and went to delete it. You can guess what happened. The best troll is the one you do on yourself

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