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| − | short for '''remove'''. | + | short for '''remove'''. Seriously, be careful when using this. There is no undelete once you've unlinked a file (unless you've aliased [[rm]] to a [[mv]] script that moves files to a trash folder or something -- not recommended because you will eventually find yourself on a system that doesn't have that alias and make a mistake. |
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| + | ==Common flags== | ||
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| + | -r recursive -- same as -R | ||
| + | -f force -- do it and damn the consequences | ||
| + | -d directories | ||
| + | -i confirm before delete | ||
| + | -P overwrite files (with 0's, three times,) after deleting them | ||
| + | -v be verbose | ||
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| + | See also [[rmdir]] | ||
Revision as of 17:16, 23 December 2004
short for remove. Seriously, be careful when using this. There is no undelete once you've unlinked a file (unless you've aliased rm to a mv script that moves files to a trash folder or something -- not recommended because you will eventually find yourself on a system that doesn't have that alias and make a mistake.
Common flags
-r recursive -- same as -R -f force -- do it and damn the consequences -d directories -i confirm before delete -P overwrite files (with 0's, three times,) after deleting them -v be verbose
See also rmdir
