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
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
Will rm -rf * remove all files folders in the current directory? 8 Yes rm -rf will only delete files and folders in the current directory, and will not ascend up the file tree rm will also not follow symlinks and delete the files they point to, so you don't accidentally prune other parts of your filesystem
rm: descend into directory - what does it mean? - Super User What do I do when the command line asks: rm: descend into directory ' emacs d'? a@b:~$ sudo rm -r -i emacs d [sudo] password for a: rm: descend into directory ` emacs d'? Is there a simpler way to find and delete files without using the command line? I am unable to locate this file in GUI