2.4.20. rm#

rm permanently removes files or directories.

2.4.20.1. Common rm usage#

Caution

This command permanently deletes files and folders. There is no trash can to recover accidental deletions.

  • Use rm (Remove) to delete files/folders.

# Delete file1.txt
rm file1.txt

2.4.20.1.1. Deleting Multiple Files#

# Deleting 2 files named, file1.txt and file2.txt
rm file1.txt file2.txt

2.4.20.1.2. Deleting Folders#

  • Like cp, you need the option -r to delete a folder

  • -f can force delete

# Delete entire folder called directory/
rm -r directory/

# Force delete all contents with `-f`
rm -rf directory/

rm file.txt

rm -r directory/