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Darklight451 11-10-2004 07:32 PM
Simple question about rm
 
What is the command to remove a folder regardless if it has files in it or not?

jburford 11-10-2004 07:36 PM
rm -rf file_or_directory

-r recursive
-f force

rm -rf * from the root directory will helpfully and uninformatively delete your entire file system. Be careful.

Jim


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