@oriond@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 1 year agoWhat is the most destroying command you can type in the Linux terminal?message-square139fedilinkarrow-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 • 1 year agomessage-square139fedilink
minus-square@cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-21 year 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