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@alexbrooklyn Also, >> appends to the given file/device, > overwrites it with whatever data is outputted 😬
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@benj don't forget --no-preserve-root to make sure the virusses don't hide in root's directory!
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@alexbrooklyn true, those pesky viruses that steal your bitcoins and keys!
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@benj So that's where my car keys went!
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@alexbrooklyn 🤣 I was referring to the sshark cage keys but OK...
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@EaZyCode yes, writing to it works
not sure about appending
the majority of files actually work like that
you can directly write to your ram using /dev/mem
raw display pixel data can be written to /dev/fb0
etc
And yes piping /dev/urandom into /dev/sda will result in a kernel panic after a few seconds and an unbootable system
My idiot friend nearly destroyed his install because of me.
He was complaining to me about some program he was running in terminal writing too much lines to terminal he didn't care about.
So I wrote to him verbatim:
"Just redirect the output to /dev/null by running it like ```cmd > /dev/null```.
Or better yet do ```cmd > /dev/sda``` it will be more fun ;)"
Three minutes later I get a screenshot from him where he's trying to run ```cmd > /dev/sda```, but it keeps saying Permission denied. He's tried to use sudo in the screenshot like million different ways.
Thank god he doesn't know how to use sudo with redirects...
rant