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- What is the difference between rm -r and rm -f? - Super User
From manual: -f, --force ignore nonexistent files, never prompt -r, -R, --recursive remove the contents of directories recursively Though this options description is different, when trying to del
- What does rm -rf do? - Super User
The rm command removes files The -r option will perform a recursive removal and the -f option will remove files without prompting you to confirm that you wish to have them removed, even if you would otherwise be prompted as to whether you wish to remove them due to the files permissions
- How to recursively delete directory from command line in windows . . .
rmdir ? will give you the full details of the command line arguments - S is "Removes all directories and files in the specified directory in addition to the directory itself Used to remove a directory tree" and the other option is Q which is "Quiet mode, do not ask if ok to remove a directory tree with S"
- Completely delete a folder in Windows using command line
Folder older versions of Windows (DOS, Windows 95 98 ME), DELTREE is the equivalent to RM or RMDIR I use DELTREE on my Windows 7 workstation in batch files just fine though
- linux - How can I remove a directory with rm - rf? - Super User
I try to remove a folder with rm -rf foldername … but it says rm: cannot remove folder :is a directory What's wrong?
- unix - Why does \rm work but rm doesnt? - Super User
10 Someone, either your system administrator or your linux distribution (you didn't specify what form of unix you are using) has aliased rm to rm -i Take a look at what man rm says: -i Request confirmation before attempting to remove each file, regardless of the file's permissions, or whether or not the standard input device is a terminal
- How to remove a symbolic link to a directory? - Super User
0 There seems to be a problem with an empty directory with two symlinks rmdir won't work in Kubuntu 20 10 It answers "directory not empty" rm says it's a directory
- How to recover a removed file under Linux? - Super User
@Nav, rm is a "dangerous" UNIX Linux command (read $ man rm) Use it with extreme caution With that said, it is a quick way to delete files you are sure of Modern Linux and Unix Desktop Environments do provide with a solution of "Trash Can", so the user easily can recover accidentally deleted files
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