Biggest command-line mistake?

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Published on 2009-05-05T23:20:10Z Indexed on 2010/05/19 2:31 UTC
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What is the most damage (of whatever kind) that you have ever caused with a single mistaken/mistyped/misguided command line? I deleted a production system database by mistake a while back, for example, but I was lucky (i.e. backed-up) and there was no permanent data loss, lost money, property damage etc.

Most importantly (for votes), what do you do to make sure it will not ever happen again?

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