tux Linux rm command


Linux console remove command (rm)

NAME
rm – remove files or directories

SYNOPSIS
rm [OPTION]… FILE…

DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents the GNU version of rm. rm removes each
specified file. By default, it does not remove directories.

If a file is unwritable, the standard input is a tty, and the -f or
–force option is not given, rm prompts the user for whether to remove
the file. If the response is not affirmative, the file is skipped.

OPTIONS
Remove (unlink) the FILE(s).

-f, –force
ignore nonexistent files, never prompt

-i, –interactive

alsa you can look at: remove a directory

November 17, 2009
Posted in Linux Tips — banias @ 3:57 pm

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