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  -d directories
 
  -d directories
 
  -i confirm before delete
 
  -i confirm before delete
  -P overwrite files (with 0's, three times,) after deleting them
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  -P overwrite files (with 0xFF's, 0x00's, and 0xFF's again) before deleting them
 
  -v be verbose
 
  -v be verbose
  
 
See also [[rmdir]]
 
See also [[rmdir]]
 
[[Category:System Commands]]
 
[[Category:System Commands]]

Revision as of 06:13, 10 July 2005

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 0xFF's, 0x00's, and 0xFF's again) before deleting them
-v be verbose

See also rmdir

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