oriond@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 10 months agoWhat is the most destroying command you can type in the Linux terminal?message-squaremessage-square141fedilinkarrow-up1164arrow-down19
arrow-up1155arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the most destroying command you can type in the Linux terminal?oriond@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 10 months agomessage-square141fedilink
minus-squarecmnybolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-210 months agodd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sdx will overwrite every single byte of /dev/sdx with random data. Replace /dev/sdx with the drive you want to wipe. Optionally, specify a larger block size to speed it up more.
dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sdxwill overwrite every single byte of /dev/sdx with random data. Replace /dev/sdx with the drive you want to wipe. Optionally, specify a larger block size to speed it up more.Noted