What is the difference between rm -r and rm -f? - Super User
Sep 20, 2016 · From manual: -f, --force ignore nonexistent files, never prompt -r, -R, --recursive remove the contents of directories recursively Though this options description is different, …
linux - Remove file without asking - Super User
Oct 12, 2011 · How can I remove a file without asking the user if he agrees to delete the file? I am writing shell script and use rm function, but it asks "remove regular file?" and I …
What is the equivalent of rm -rf in Powershell? - Super User
As we all know, on a *nix system, rm -rf some_directory removes some_directory and all files beneath it recursively, without asking for confirmation. What is the equivalent of this command in
bash - Delete files with regular expression - Super User
Mar 15, 2017 · I Tried to delete files that starts with A and ends with 2 numbers but It doesn't do a thing. What I tried: rm ^A*[0..9]2$ Where am I wrong?
How do I make rm not give an error if a file doesn't exist?
Jun 12, 2015 · So rm will warn you if you try to delete a file you don't have write permissions on. This is allowed if you have write permissions on the directory but is a little weird, which is why …
rm: cannot remove `dir-name': Directory not empty - Super User
Dec 20, 2023 · rm: cannot remove `dir-name': Directory not empty Ask Question Asked 1 year, 10 months ago Modified 1 year, 10 months ago
find: "-exec rm {} \;" vs. "-delete" - why is the former widely ...
The -exec rm is not recommendable on many systems, for reasons I gave - lack of support, or a desire to restrict process count. "widely recommended" does not mean ideal for all …
linux - In a bash shell, is `rm -rf ./*` better/safer than `rm -rf ...
Jan 14, 2023 · The better solution is rm -rf ./*. Shell globs (wildcards) are expanded before the command is executed, and there is no significant restriction on file names, which means that …
linux - "Argument list too long" error for `rm -rf - Super User
Feb 20, 2012 · Yeah, but I'd also say that a big reason for this being the case is that Windows has traditionally had sub-par shell capabilities, so no one likes to use it much. That said, I have run …
linux - rm -rf takes a long time - Super User
May 5, 2020 · I have a directory ./aggregated/ in which I have 7550 sub-dirs each containing 250 files. aggregated has 5.5GB in total. I've tried deleting aggregated via rm -rf aggregated and it …