tldr/pages/common/rm.md

# rm

> Remove files or directories.
> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/rm>.

- Remove files from arbitrary locations:

`rm {{path/to/file}} {{path/to/another/file}}`

- Recursively remove a directory and all its subdirectories:

`rm -r {{path/to/directory}}`

- Forcibly remove a directory, without prompting for confirmation or showing error messages:

`rm -rf {{path/to/directory}}`

- Interactively remove multiple files, with a prompt before every removal:

`rm -i {{file(s)}}`

- Remove files in verbose mode, printing a message for each removed file:

`rm -v {{path/to/directory/*}}`
A bunch of new pages: common/: dig, gzip, rm, sort, zfs, zpool linux/: apt-get, shutdown osx/: airport, caffeinate, diskutil, networksetup open, pgrep, qlmanage, say, shutdown, sysctl, system_profiler Edits to existing pages: curl: Added simple download example find: Added iname and size exmaples grep: Edited -c description ps: Added wide lines example ssh: edited -D description, added simple port forwarding example unzip: added list option 2014-02-10 20:36:05 +00:00			`# rm`

Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`> Remove files or directories.`
coreutils*: use short more info links (#5658) 2021-04-01 16:54:26 +01:00			`> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/rm>.`
A bunch of new pages: common/: dig, gzip, rm, sort, zfs, zpool linux/: apt-get, shutdown osx/: airport, caffeinate, diskutil, networksetup open, pgrep, qlmanage, say, shutdown, sysctl, system_profiler Edits to existing pages: curl: Added simple download example find: Added iname and size exmaples grep: Edited -c description ps: Added wide lines example ssh: edited -D description, added simple port forwarding example unzip: added list option 2014-02-10 20:36:05 +00:00
Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`- Remove files from arbitrary locations:`
A bunch of new pages: common/: dig, gzip, rm, sort, zfs, zpool linux/: apt-get, shutdown osx/: airport, caffeinate, diskutil, networksetup open, pgrep, qlmanage, say, shutdown, sysctl, system_profiler Edits to existing pages: curl: Added simple download example find: Added iname and size exmaples grep: Edited -c description ps: Added wide lines example ssh: edited -D description, added simple port forwarding example unzip: added list option 2014-02-10 20:36:05 +00:00
rm: various tweaks for clarity; add -v (#988) * rm: various tweaks for clarity; add -v changed some descriptions and tokens to make the meaning of each command clearer, and facilitate memorization of the flags added the -v (verbose) option * use a more intuitive pattern for the -i option 2016-08-08 08:08:40 +01:00			`rm {{path/to/file}} {{path/to/another/file}}`
A bunch of new pages: common/: dig, gzip, rm, sort, zfs, zpool linux/: apt-get, shutdown osx/: airport, caffeinate, diskutil, networksetup open, pgrep, qlmanage, say, shutdown, sysctl, system_profiler Edits to existing pages: curl: Added simple download example find: Added iname and size exmaples grep: Edited -c description ps: Added wide lines example ssh: edited -D description, added simple port forwarding example unzip: added list option 2014-02-10 20:36:05 +00:00
rm: various tweaks for clarity; add -v (#988) * rm: various tweaks for clarity; add -v changed some descriptions and tokens to make the meaning of each command clearer, and facilitate memorization of the flags added the -v (verbose) option * use a more intuitive pattern for the -i option 2016-08-08 08:08:40 +01:00			`- Recursively remove a directory and all its subdirectories:`
A bunch of new pages: common/: dig, gzip, rm, sort, zfs, zpool linux/: apt-get, shutdown osx/: airport, caffeinate, diskutil, networksetup open, pgrep, qlmanage, say, shutdown, sysctl, system_profiler Edits to existing pages: curl: Added simple download example find: Added iname and size exmaples grep: Edited -c description ps: Added wide lines example ssh: edited -D description, added simple port forwarding example unzip: added list option 2014-02-10 20:36:05 +00:00
Refactor: improve consistency of the term "directory". This commit changes the term "folder" to "directory" in every instance where the first is used in an example description, but the second is used in the example code, and vice versa. 2019-02-08 00:28:43 +00:00			`rm -r {{path/to/directory}}`
A bunch of new pages: common/: dig, gzip, rm, sort, zfs, zpool linux/: apt-get, shutdown osx/: airport, caffeinate, diskutil, networksetup open, pgrep, qlmanage, say, shutdown, sysctl, system_profiler Edits to existing pages: curl: Added simple download example find: Added iname and size exmaples grep: Edited -c description ps: Added wide lines example ssh: edited -D description, added simple port forwarding example unzip: added list option 2014-02-10 20:36:05 +00:00
rm: various tweaks for clarity; add -v (#988) * rm: various tweaks for clarity; add -v changed some descriptions and tokens to make the meaning of each command clearer, and facilitate memorization of the flags added the -v (verbose) option * use a more intuitive pattern for the -i option 2016-08-08 08:08:40 +01:00			`- Forcibly remove a directory, without prompting for confirmation or showing error messages:`
`rm -rf` 2016-01-14 13:43:17 +00:00
Refactor: improve consistency of the term "directory". This commit changes the term "folder" to "directory" in every instance where the first is used in an example description, but the second is used in the example code, and vice versa. 2019-02-08 00:28:43 +00:00			`rm -rf {{path/to/directory}}`
`rm -rf` 2016-01-14 13:43:17 +00:00
rm: various tweaks for clarity; add -v (#988) * rm: various tweaks for clarity; add -v changed some descriptions and tokens to make the meaning of each command clearer, and facilitate memorization of the flags added the -v (verbose) option * use a more intuitive pattern for the -i option 2016-08-08 08:08:40 +01:00			`- Interactively remove multiple files, with a prompt before every removal:`
A bunch of new pages: common/: dig, gzip, rm, sort, zfs, zpool linux/: apt-get, shutdown osx/: airport, caffeinate, diskutil, networksetup open, pgrep, qlmanage, say, shutdown, sysctl, system_profiler Edits to existing pages: curl: Added simple download example find: Added iname and size exmaples grep: Edited -c description ps: Added wide lines example ssh: edited -D description, added simple port forwarding example unzip: added list option 2014-02-10 20:36:05 +00:00
rm: various tweaks for clarity; add -v (#988) * rm: various tweaks for clarity; add -v changed some descriptions and tokens to make the meaning of each command clearer, and facilitate memorization of the flags added the -v (verbose) option * use a more intuitive pattern for the -i option 2016-08-08 08:08:40 +01:00			`rm -i {{file(s)}}`

			`- Remove files in verbose mode, printing a message for each removed file:`

Refactor: improve consistency of the term "directory". This commit changes the term "folder" to "directory" in every instance where the first is used in an example description, but the second is used in the example code, and vice versa. 2019-02-08 00:28:43 +00:00			`rm -v {{path/to/directory/*}}`