rm

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The rm(1) utility attempts to remove the non-directory type files specified on the command line. If the permissions of the file do not permit writing, and the standard input device is a terminal, the user is prompted (on the standard error output) for confirmation

Contents

Deleting Files

% rm helloworld.c

to delete all .c files in the current directory

% rm *.c

to delete files beginning with john

% rm john*

to delete files beginning with john and ending with .cvs

% rm john*.cvs

Deleting Directories

Directories can be empty or not empty.

% rm -r mydirectory/

to be more quite use -f

% rm -rf mydirectory/

to be more verbose use -v

% rm -vrf mdirectory/

The trailing slash on the directory-name is optional.


See also

View source code (Please report any bugs or suggestions here).

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