What is the difference between rm -r and rm -f? - Super User
Sep 20, 2016 · rm example $ rm example rm: cannot remove `example': Is a directory As you can see, rm does not remove directories by default. rm example -f $ rm example -f rm: cannot …
How do I make rm not give an error if a file doesn't exist?
Jun 12, 2015 · $ touch myfile $ chmod 400 myfile $ rm myfile rm: remove write-protected regular empty file `myfile'? So rm will warn you if you try to delete a file you don't have write …
Is there a scenario where rm -rf --no-preserve-root is needed?
Anyway, this is a relatively new restriction, it was added in the 7th version of the POSIX specification (the previous one is here), before that rm -rf / was a perfectly valid command. On …
linux - "Argument list too long" error for `rm -rf - Super User
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linux - Remove file without asking - Super User
Jun 18, 2021 · rm () { /bin/rm -i ${1+"$@"}; } Hence, none of the above answers regarding aliases did work. To counter the annoying behaviour I unset the rm function in my .bashrc file. unset -f …
How to recover a removed file under Linux? - Super User
After a bit longer time rm asked me if I wanted "to remove the write-protected file 'something'".Quite quickly I felt the chills and softly and very controlled I pressed Ctrl+c. ~Half …
What's the equivalent to 'rm -rf' with Windows command?
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use rm to remove files and directories recursively
Oct 27, 2009 · To directly answer your question, "no - you can't do what you describe with rm". You can, however, do it you combine it with find. Here's one of many ways you could do that: …
Windows equivalent to UNIX `rmdir *` command - Super User
I have not been able to find a Windows equivalent to this. The closest thing is rmdir /s ., which is equivalent to rm -r ., except it refuses to delete . because the shell is using it. Not sure if rm -r . …
What is the equivalent of rm -rf in Powershell? - Super User
Remove-Item -Force is not the same as rm -f.-Force Forces the cmdlet to remove items that cannot otherwise be changed, such as hidden or read-only files or read-only aliases or …