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11-04-2002, 05:15 PM	#1
bsengland LQ Newbie Registered: May 2001 Posts: 7 Rep:	Delete Files How do I delete directories and files with out confirmation? rm * -r requires me to confirm each directory and file for deletion. I have over 1000 files to delete and it will become very tedious. Thanks

11-04-2002, 05:29 PM	#2
acid_kewpie Moderator Registered: Jun 2001 Location: UK Distribution: Gentoo, RHEL, Fedora, Centos Posts: 43,417 Rep:	rm -rf PLEASE read manpages before asking questions, it will save YOU a lot of time.....

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