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short for '''remove'''.
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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
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-f force -- do it and damn the consequences
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-d directories
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-i confirm before delete
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-P overwrite files (with 0's, three times,) after deleting them
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-v be verbose
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See also [[rmdir]]

Revision as of 18:16, 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

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