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rm

Remove files or directories. See also: rmdir. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/rm-invocation.html.

• Remove specific files:

rm {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}

• Remove specific files ignoring nonexistent ones:

rm --force {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}

• Remove specific files interactively prompting before each removal:

rm --interactive {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}

• Remove specific files printing info about each removal:

rm --verbose {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}

• Remove specific files and directories recursively:

rm --recursive {{path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...}}

• Remove empty directories (this is considered the safe method):

rm --dir {{path/to/directory}}