What is the difference between rm -r and rm -f? - Super User
Sep 20, 2016 · What do you mean they give the same result? rm -r emptydir removes that directory, rm -f emptydir does not. These are two completely different command line options, …
Is there a scenario where rm -rf --no-preserve-root is needed?
In that case, rm -rf --no-preserve-root / will delete the system in the chroot environment but will leave yours intact. I am sure there are more possible reasons, but in general it seems a very …
linux - Remove file without asking - Super User
Jun 18, 2021 · How can I remove a file without asking the user if he agrees to delete the file? I am writing shell script and use rm function, but it asks "remove regular file?" and I …
How do I make rm not give an error if a file doesn't exist?
Jun 12, 2015 · So rm will warn you if you try to delete a file you don't have write permissions on. This is allowed if you have write permissions on the directory but is a little weird, which is why …
linux - "Argument list too long" error for `rm -rf - Super User
Aug 11, 2018 · I thought this issue was fixed in Linux like 10 years ago. 4000 files really doesn't seem too excessive and should be able to be removed no problem. So this issue clearly exists …
How to recursively delete directory from command line in …
Apr 30, 2015 · 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. …
Saying 'yes to all' using rm -i - Super User
Mar 27, 2011 · rm -i * just to make sure that I'm okay with the files that I am removing. So this will ask me for each file. After a few files, suppose I realize it's exactly what I wanted to remove. …
What does "rm -rf" do? - Super User
Sep 5, 2017 · 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 …
What is the equivalent of rm -rf in Powershell? - Super User
As we all know, on a *nix system, rm -rf some_directory removes some_directory and all files beneath it recursively, without asking for confirmation. What is the equivalent of this command …
rm - Remove everything except? - Super User
Possible Duplicate: Remove all files but one with rm In unix, to remove zip files in a directory one can simply type rm *.zip How can one remove everything except zip files?
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