Remove Directory Unix
If you want to remove directories and their contents recursively or remove file or remove directory you could use below:
- Syntax:
rm [option]… [directory/File]…
- Options help: To see what are all options are available for rm command please use below:
javahonk $ rm --help Usage: rm [OPTION]... FILE... Remove (unlink) the FILE(s). -f, --force ignore nonexistent files, never prompt -i prompt before every removal -I prompt once before removing more than three files, or when removing recursively. Less intrusive than -i, while still giving protection against most mistakes --interactive[=WHEN] prompt according to WHEN: never, once (-I), or always (-i). Without WHEN, prompt always --one-file-system when removing a hierarchy recursively, skip any directory that is on a file system different from that of the corresponding command line argument --no-preserve-root do not treat `/' specially --preserve-root do not remove `/' (default) -r, -R, --recursive remove directories and their contents recursively -v, --verbose explain what is being done --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit By default, rm does not remove directories. Use the --recursive (-r or -R) option to remove each listed directory, too, along with all of its contents. To remove a file whose name starts with a `-', for example `-foo', use one of these commands: rm -- -foo rm ./-foo Note that if you use rm to remove a file, it is usually possible to recover the contents of that file. If you want more assurance that the contents are truly unrecoverable, consider using shred. Report rm bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/> Report rm translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/> For complete documentation, run: info coreutils 'rm invocation' javahonk $
Examples:
- rm -r JavaHonk – Remove directories name JavaHonk and their contents recursively
- rm -f JavaHonk – Ignore nonexistent files never prompt and delete directory
- rm test.txt – Delete file name test.txt
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