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 …