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 --force {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}
- Remove specific files interactively prompting before each removal:
rm --interactive {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}
- Remove specific files printing info about each removal:
rm --verbose {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}
- Remove specific files and directories recursively:
rm --recursive {{path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...}}
- Remove empty directories (this is considered the safe method):
rm --dir {{path/to/directory}}