Deletion progress status

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In our case, we have some files in the directory /root/Documents/folder1 in which we want to delete the files which start with sam*, we have proceeded with the command

rm sam*

which is working fine but we need to know which file is being deleted during the deletion progress.

Do you need to know as it's being deleted or when it actually is deleted? — Nasir Riley, Jan 07 '20 at 08:20

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 07 '20 at 10:12

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Use the verbose parameter -v:

From man rm:

   -v, --verbose  
          explain what is being done

Usage:

$ rm -v wget-log
removed 'wget-log'

answered Jan 07 '20 at 10:12

Gerald Schneider

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