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rm is a basic UNIX command used to remove files, directories, and other items from the filesystem.

rm is a basic UNIX command used to remove files, directories, and other items from the filesystem.

Options:

-f force
-r, -R or --recursive

Examples

rm -rf /some/dir #removes all files and dirs recursively from this point

References

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Trying to remove my .git folder and 'rm -r .git --force' is not working

rm -r .git rm -r .git --force I get the following and there seems to be a never ending supply after I enter 'yes' and move to the next. override r--r--r-- redacted/staff for .git/objects/95/90087aa4b351e278e6e53ff6240045ab2db6d1?
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Difference between 'find -delete' and 'rm -rf'?

I want to delete files from a specific directory recursively. So, I have used find . -wholename "*.txt" -delete We can also delete the files using rm -rf *.txt What is the difference between deletion of file using rm and find ??
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Recursively unzip files and then delete original file, leaving unzipped files in place from shell

I've so far figured out how to use find to recursively unzip all the files: find . -depth -name `*.zip` -exec /usr/bin/unzip -n {} \; But, I can't figure out how to remove the zip files one at a time after the extraction. Adding rm *.zip in an -a…
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How to correct docker in makefile which requires at least 1 argument for remove all containers command

The docker command "docker container rm $(docker ps -aq) -f" works fine from the command line. However, when I try to run it from a makefile using the following target ("remove_all_containers")... remove_all_containers: docker container rm…
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PHP can't unlink file after fclose

After my script finishes I can delete the file, but while it's running I can't touch it, even after an fclose(). Here is the code I'm trying to use: $Files = glob("$_SERVER[DOCUMENT_ROOT]/files/*.csv"); $File = fopen($Files[0], "r"); …
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Removing files interactively with find and xargs

I'm trying to pipe some files from the find command to the interactive remove command, so that I can double check the files I'm removing, but I've run into some trouble. find -name '#*#' -print0 | xargs -0 rm -i I thought the above would work, but…
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Bash script to remove all files and directories except specific ones

I am trying to write a very simple Bash shell script that will cd in a specific directory, it will remove all files and directories except some few selected ones and then cd back to the original dir. My code is: #!/bin/bash cd…
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Delete a file in linux that contains double dash

Possible Duplicate: Unable to remove a special named files in terminal I feel silly asking, but how can I delete a file in linux named --preserve-permissions? I tried: rm "--preserve-permissions" and rm "\-\-preserve-permissions" Neither…
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Unable to recover a file in Git

Possible Duplicate: Restore a deleted file in a Git repo I have two branches in my Git, master and newFeature. At the branch newFeature, I removed the fileA physically first in terminal and then in Git by git rm fileA Subsequently, I run git add…
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Bash: What's the difference between "rm -d" and "rm -R"?

Questions What is the difference between the rm -d and rm -R commands in Bash? Which one should I use? Details According to the man page for the rm command: rm -d attempts to remove directories as well as other types of files. rm -R…
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How do I delete folders using regex from Linux terminal

Say I have folders: img1/ img2/ How do I delete those folders using regex from Linux terminal, that matches everything starts with img?
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remove files when name does NOT contain some words

I am using Linux and intend to remove some files using shell. I have some files in my folder, some filenames contain the word "good", others don't. For example: ssgood.wmv ssbad.wmv goodboy.wmv cuteboy.wmv I want to remove the files that does NOT…
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Cannot remove .git: Directory not empty

Unable to remove .git I have a git repository, Rift, that I am trying to remove. On attempting to run rm -rf, I get the error: rm: cannot remove 'Rift/.git/objects/pack': Directory not empty. When I navigate to the bottom of the directory tree, I…
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Is there any trivial way to 'delete by date' using ´rm'- in bash?

I noticed today (after ~8 years of happily hacking away at bash) that there is no trivial way to 'delete by date' using ´rm'. The solution is therefore to pipe stuff around a combination of commands like rm, ls, find, awk and sed. Say for example I…
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how to remove everything with rimraf except few exceptions

i’m trying to remove all .dot files, except .git and all *.js except one exception.js, but i’m failing install git clone git@github.com:iamstarkov/rimraf-test.git cd rimraf-test test npm test # it fails can anybody help me?
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