"Solution" 11 will clear your entire filesystem. You can verify this,
without wiping out all your files, by substituting "ls -R" for "rm -fr"
and executing the command. The '-' following the options is a good idea,
though, to prevent a filename beginning with '-' from being interpreted
as an option to rm, possibly causing unexpected results 8^{).
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From: ral@cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu (Rebecca A. Littleton)
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 92 15:12:45 EDT
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SEVERAL OF THE MANY SOLUTIONS I RECEIVED:
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11. (cd /tmp; rm -fr - * .* 2>/dev/null)
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