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- What is the difference between rm -r and rm -f? - Super User
What do you mean they give the same result? rm -r emptydir removes that directory, rm -f emptydir does not These are two completely different command line options, each doing whatever its documentation says is doing
- find: -exec rm {} \; vs. -delete - why is the former widely . . .
The -exec rm is not recommendable on many systems, for reasons I gave - lack of support, or a desire to restrict process count "widely recommended" does not mean ideal for all circumstances, and failing to address that assumption seems irresponsible
- rm: cannot remove `dir-name: Directory not empty - Super User
rm: cannot remove `dir-name': Directory not empty Ask Question Asked 1 year, 11 months ago Modified 1 year, 11 months ago
- Whats the equivalent to rm -rf with Windows command?
What's the equivalent to 'rm -rf' with Windows command? Ask Question Asked 15 years, 1 month ago Modified 6 years, 10 months ago
- What is the equivalent of rm -rf in Powershell? - Super User
As we all know, on a *nix system, rm -rf some_directory removes some_directory and all files beneath it recursively, without asking for confirmation What is the equivalent of this command in Powershell?
- macos - Trying to delete directory with rm -rf, but get message that . . .
rm -rf dirname from a login on the network disk server properly removed the directory along with its contents So, there's another answer for what it's worth; another potential solution to this problem if it should appear for anyone in conjunction with a network disk
- linux - Why does it take a long time to delete big files if `rm` can be . . .
I know that that it takes a long time to remove a big file because big files have larger number of blocks to be unlinked But when I interrupt an ongoing rm of a large file, the file is still gone
- linux - How can I remove a directory with rm - rf? - Super User
I try to remove a folder with rm -rf foldername … but it says rm: cannot remove folder :is a directory What's wrong?
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