Will "rm -rf *" remove all files/folders in the current directory ?

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Published on 2010-04-02T01:16:08Z Indexed on 2010/04/02 1:23 UTC
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Will "rm -rf *" remove all files/folders in the current directory ? I want to make sure the wildcard * won't move up in upper directories and erase all my filesystem :D

I remember doing "chmod 777 .* -R" to chmod hidden files and it chmodded all my filesystem. Obviously, I was on the root account.

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