Remove files non-interactively

ar1 · 06-02-2004, 05:50 PM

How can I have the rm command remove files without confirmation by default?

thanks

Peacedog · 06-02-2004, 05:55 PM

rm -rf filename, be careful w/that one.
good luck.

whansard · 06-02-2004, 06:16 PM

if you run alias, you should see that alias has rm -i there. you can remove it from your .bash_rc or wherever it is, or type unalias rm, and that alias will be removed for that session.

proudclod · 06-02-2004, 06:32 PM

non interactively is simply rm -f

rm -rf is recursively, so doing rm -rf / would remove EVERYTHING :|