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Bash command: rm
Usage
Delete a File
rm <file name or file path>
Delete a Directory
rm -R <folder name or folder path>
You will be prompted with 'rm: remove regular file ‘hello’?' and will need to respond 'y' before the file can be deleted. Use this command with caution because 'rm' is a permanent action.
There are few commonly used arguments:
-r
, means to recursively delete all the folders inside a directory.-f
, means to forcefully delete any folder or file.-i
, will ask before deleting the file.-v
, will explain what was deleted.
Warning
This command is capable of deleting many files at once with ease. This can be beneficial, but also dangerous. Use at your own risk.
To remove a nonempty folder for example, type:
rm -rf folder