Linux: The Ultimate Step by Step Guide to Quickly and Easily Learning Linux by Dawson Ted

Author:Dawson, Ted [Dawson, Ted]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2015-10-12T16:00:00+00:00

Removing Files and Directories with "rm" and "rmdir"

To delete a file, you can use the rm command.

Note: Be extremely careful when using any destructive command like rm. There is no "undo" command for these actions so it is possible to accidentally destroy important files permanently.

To remove a regular file, just pass it to the rm command:

cd

rm file4

Likewise, to remove empty directories, we can use the rmdir command. This will only succeed if there is nothing in the directory in question. For instance, to remove the example directory within the testing directory, we can type:

rmdir testing/example

If you wish to remove a non-empty directory, you will have to use the rm command again. This time, you will have to pass the -r option, which removes all of the directory's contents recursively, plus the directory itself.

For instance, to remove the again directory and everything within it, we can type:

rm -r again

Once again, it is worth reiterating that these are permanent actions. Be entirely sure that the command you typed is the one that you wish to execute.

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