title: How dangerous is this bash script?
body: <p><strong>WARNING:</strong> Dangerous script. Do not run from your command line!</p>
  
  <p>Saw this in a company joke email. Can someone explain to me why this bash script is more dangerous than a normal 'rm -rf' command?:</p>
  
  <pre><code>nohup cd /; rm -rf * &gt; /dev/null 2&gt;&amp;1 &amp;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Particularly, why is nohup used and what are the elements at the end for? </p>
  
  <p><strong>WARNING:</strong> Dangerous script. Do not run from your command line!</p>