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Oh no! 🤦‍♂️ (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] ulterno@programming.dev 3 points 6 days ago

In case you are just testing it out, don't use -rf
Your ~ directory is most probably empty, so use rm -d instead, to prevent all footguns in case you put the wrong character in the end.

       -d, --dir
              remove empty directories

I feel safe doing rm -d /.
I feel safe doing sudo rm -d /.

Because it won't delete anything that has a file in it.