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, …

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 …

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. …

The --preserve-root option was added to GNU rm in 2003 (commit 9be74f6f125b2be), and was made the default behavior in 2006 (commit aff5a4f2ab86f). Some say it is because pranksters …

Nov 7, 2025 · I know that that it takes a long time to remove a big file because big files have larger number of blocks to be unlinked. But when I interrupt an ongoing rm of a large file, the file is …

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 in

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 …

Mar 15, 2017 · I Tried to delete files that starts with A and ends with 2 numbers but It doesn't do a thing. What I tried: rm ^A*[0..9]2$ Where am I wrong?

Dec 20, 2023 · rm: cannot remove `dir-name': Directory not empty Ask Question Asked 1 year, 11 months ago Modified 1 year, 11 months ago

Feb 22, 2010 · Remove all *.swp files underneath the current directory, use the find command in one of the following forms: find . -name \*.swp -type f -delete The -delete option means find will …