Also, the reason the space makes such a big difference is that
“rm -rf ./myfolder” means “remove everything in the specific sub folder named myfolder” whereas
“rm -rf . /myfolder” means “remove the current folder and everything under it, as well as a root folder named myfolder”. Big difference.
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“rm -rf ./myfolder” means “remove everything in the specific sub folder named myfolder” whereas
“rm -rf . /myfolder” means “remove the current folder and everything under it, as well as a root folder named myfolder”. Big difference.