I am not an expert, but I think that any command that starts "sudo rm -rf" should be treated with extreme respect/caution. That is
"sudo" = superuser do
"rm" = delete
"-r" = recursively (in the directory)
"-f" = without warning
So perhaps google "sudo rm -rf" before typing it in the terminal.
sam_nead
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