On 15 April 2016 at 12:47, D. Hugh Redelmeier <hugh@mimosa.com> wrote:
> This isn't true of the rm(1) command. No operand means delete nothing.
The following article gives more specifics:
<http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/man-accidentally-deletes-his-entire-company-with-one-line-of-bad-code-a6984256.html>
The script actually contained
rm -rf {foo}/{bar}
The error caused foo and bar to be null so the result was
rm -rf /
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Scott