To delete a directory and its contents, use the -r or -R option with rm: $ rm -r dir3/dir2/ $ ls dir3 $ If you're dealing with an empty directory (such as my example dir3, which had its contents removed), use th
Sometimes, you may find yourself in a situation where you need todelete all files in a directoryor simply clean up a directory by removing all files except those with a specific extension (e.g., files ending with a particular type). In this article, we will show you how to delete files...
To remove or delete a directory calledsample_directory, run the following command: $ rm -rf sample_directory The-roption recursively deletes the directory alongside all the subdirectories and files contained therein. To delete or remove an empty directory use thermdir command, which comes in hand...
Some of the errors you might encounter while trying to delete a folder include but are not limited to “Could not find this item,”“Folder is locked,”“You need permission to perform this action,”“This action can’t be completed because the folder or file in it is open in another p...
/bin/bash # Take the filename read-p'Enter the filename to delete: 'filename # Check the file is exists or not if[-f$filename];then # Remove the file with permission rm-i"$filename" # Check the file is removed or not if[-f$filename];then...
Before we can delete anything, we first need to find these empty files and directories. In Linux, you can find empty files by using the ‘find’ command. Here’s an example: find /path/to/directory -type f -empty Let’s break this down. The ‘find’ command is a powerful tool that...
To remove a directory from the $PATH variable, you need to open the corresponding configuration file and delete the directory in question from the $PATH variable. The change will be active in the new shell sessions. Another rare situation is if you want to remove a directory from the $PATH...
As the output above shows, we have many log files in the logs directory. Each filename ends with a date. We’re going to discuss four different ways to delete multiple files efficiently: Use Bash’s brace expansion Use Bash’s glob Use the find command Use the awk command 3. Using Bas...
When you first look in the /etc directory, you might feel a bit overwhelmed. Although most of the files that you see affect a system’s operations to some extent, a few are fundamental. 当你第一次查看/etc目录时,可能会感到有点不知所措。
The simplest case is deleting a single file in the current directory. Typethermcommand, a space, and then the name of the file you want to delete. rm file_1.txt If the file is not in the current working directory, provide a path to the file's location. ...