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
Is it possible to remove the root directory? - Super User The --preserve-root option was added to GNU rm in 2003 (commit 9be74f6f125b2be), and was made the default behavior in 2006 (commit aff5a4f2ab86f) Some say it is because pranksters in #ubuntu kept telling newbies to run rm -rf – and many did Some say it is because it is too easy to mistype rm -rf tmp junk
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
How do I make rm not give an error if a file doesnt exist? So rm will warn you if you try to delete a file you don't have write permissions on This is allowed if you have write permissions on the directory but is a little weird, which is why rm normally warns you about it
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
What does rm -rf do? - Super User The rm command removes files The -r option will perform a recursive removal and the -f option will remove files without prompting you to confirm that you wish to have them removed, even if you would otherwise be prompted as to whether you wish to remove them due to the files permissions