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I ran the one command in Linux you should never run. Here's what happened

Of all the Linux commands, rm is notorious. It's easy to completely wipe out your system with one mislaid rm command as root.
Computerworld

Delete default applications in Mac OS X

Enter the following commands, depending on which apps you want to remove from Mac OS X. Delete Safari sudo rm -rf Safari.app/ Delete Mail sudo rm -rf Mail.app/ Delete FaceTime sudo rm -rf FaceTime.app ...
Hackaday

Before You Sudo Rm -rf /, Take Some Precautions

Maintaining or administering a computer system remotely is a common enough task these days, but it’s also something that can go sideways on you quickly if you aren’t careful. How many of us are guilty ...
CNET

Trash solution summary: Cannot delete files

One problem that crops up from time to time is stubborn files that will not move to the trash, or be deleted from the trash when the command is given to do so. There may be errors that accompany these ...
Ars Technica

Help - I have a file I cannot delete

I have a file "␀gembench.st" which I used to use with an Atari ST emulator - the thing is I can't seem to be able to delete this puppy. I've tried the usually excellent program Permissions Reset .
ZDNet

Securing Linux's master sysadmin command: Sudo

Sudo is one of the most powerful and dangerous tools in the Unix or Linux system administrator's toolbox. With it, an ordinary user can run commands just as if he or she were the superuser or any ...
CNET

Force empty that stubborn trash bin in OS X

If you cannot remove files from your trash bin in OS X, here are some options to get your trash emptied. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to MacFixIt ...