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This is actually safe to run, as
--no-preserve-rootis missingNot required on BusyBox-based systems, a.k.a. Alpine.
Doubt deleting everything but root is safe on a production server.
It won't delete anything at all
Oh, checked the manual. Cool, did not know that.
I guess then it should be
rm -rf /srv/That'd probably rattle some managers' cages, yes.
Alternatively, a combination of find /, rand, xarg, and rm could also be fun; delete something random, and pray it was just a readme file
rm -rf /* should work just fine
Only deleting .ssh for the fuck of it