Removing files and directories in unix using RM
May 08, 08 by the programmerIf you want to remove a file or directory in unix you should use the command rm.
The syntax of the rm command is:
rm [-options] [file|directory]
There are more options, but the most used ones are
-r or -R which means recursivly.
-f which means force (Does not ask you for confirmation)
Examples:
If you want to remove a single file you should use
rm filename.ext
if you want to remove a nempty directory you can use
rm directory_name
if you want to remove a directory that is not empty (contains files or other directories) use this command
rm -r directory_name
If you don’t want the command to ask for a confirmation then you can use the -f option in any of the above commands
rm -rf directory_name - Removes the directory “directory_name” and all of its files and other directories inside it without asking for confirmation
Good luck 
