oriond@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 11 months agoWhat is the most destroying command you can type in the Linux terminal?message-squaremessage-square24 fedilinkarrow-up167
arrow-up167message-squareWhat is the most destroying command you can type in the Linux terminal?oriond@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 11 months agomessage-square24 Commentsfedilink
minus-squarecmnybo@discuss.tchncs.dehexbear2·edit-211 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. linkfedilink
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.