rm
Remove files or directories. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/rm.
- Remove files from arbitrary locations:
rm {{path/to/file}} {{path/to/another/file}}
- Recursively remove a directory and all its subdirectories:
rm -r {{path/to/directory}}
- Forcibly remove a directory, without prompting for confirmation or showing error messages:
rm -rf {{path/to/directory}}
- Interactively remove multiple files, with a prompt before every removal:
rm -i {{file(s)}}
- Remove files in verbose mode, printing a message for each removed file:
rm -v {{path/to/directory/*}}
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