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The Dangerous Linux Commands You Should Never Run in Production (Seriously, Don’t Do It)

Commands should be avoided in Production

Karthick Dkk
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7 min readOct 10, 2024

Hey there! If you’re managing Linux systems in production, you know things can go from “Everything is awesome!” to “Why is everything on fire?!” real quick with just one wrong command. I’ve been there — one accidental keystroke, and boom, chaos.

So, let’s chat about some Linux commands that you should never, ever run in production, unless you enjoy spending your Friday night restoring backups and explaining to your boss why the website is down. Spoiler alert: You don’t want that.

Ready? Let’s dive in — and I’ll toss in a few jokes to make it less terrifying.

1. rm -rf /

Ah, the infamous “self-destruct button”. This command is the “I want to delete everything, including the operating system, and ruin my life” button. When you run rm -rf /, it recursively (thanks, -r) and…

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Karthick Dkk
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DevSecOps Engineer passionate about Linux, cloud computing, and automation. Talks about Personal Development and Money.

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