The rm Utility
Explore how to effectively use the rm utility in Bash to delete files and directories. Learn to specify paths, use glob patterns for multiple files, handle write-protected files, and use options like -f for forced deletion and -r for recursive directory removal.
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rm
The rm utility deletes files and directories. Specify the object to delete by its absolute or relative path. Here are examples of rm calls:
rm report.txt
rm ~/docs/reports/2019/report.txt
The first call deletes the report.txt file in the current directory. The second one deletes it in the ~/docs/reports/2019 path.
Removing files and directories
Run the commands discussed in this lesson in the terminal below.
The rm ...