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rm

Remove files or directories. See also: rmdir. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/rm.
  • Remove specific files:
    rm {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}
  • Remove specific files ignoring nonexistent ones:
    rm -f {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}
  • Remove specific files [i]nteractively prompting before each removal:
    rm -i {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}
  • Remove specific files printing info about each removal:
    rm -v {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}
  • Remove specific files and directories [r]ecursively:
    rm -r {{path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...}}

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