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 -f path/to/file1 path/to/file2 …

  • Remove specific files interactively prompting before each removal:

rm -i path/to/file1 path/to/file2 …

  • Remove specific files printing info about each removal:

rm -v path/to/file1 path/to/file2 …

  • Remove specific files and directories recursively:

rm -r path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 …