tldr/pages/common/rm.md

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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 ...}}