Sep 20, 2016 · 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 …

Oct 12, 2011 · How can I remove a file without asking the user if he agrees to delete the file? I am writing shell script and use rm function, but it asks "remove regular file?" and I really don't …

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 …

Dec 20, 2023 · rm: cannot remove `dir-name': Directory not empty Ask Question Asked 2 years ago Modified 2 years ago

I need to delete a whole directory (with a lot of sub directories and files) by running a command in a batch file. I tried delete and erase, but both of them requires me to answer 'Y/N', and it d...

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 Powershell?

Nov 7, 2025 · I know that that it takes a long time to remove a big file because big files have larger number of blocks to be unlinked. But when I interrupt an ongoing rm of a large file, the file is still gone....

I try to remove a folder with rm -rf foldername … but it says rm: cannot remove folder :is a directory. What's wrong?

Mar 27, 2011 · rm -i * just to make sure that I'm okay with the files that I am removing. So this will ask me for each file. After a few files, suppose I realize it's exactly what I wanted to remove. Instead of …

Sep 5, 2017 · 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 …