rm

Remove files or directories. See also: rmdir. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/rm>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/rm.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install coreutils
Ubuntu
apt-get install coreutils
Image Alpine
apk add coreutils
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S coreutils
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install coreutils
CentOS
yum install coreutils
Fedora
dnf install coreutils
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install coreutils
OS X
brew install coreutils
Raspbian
apt-get install coreutils
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/rm rm powered by Commando

Remove files or directories. See also: rmdir. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/rm>.

  • Remove specific files:
    rm path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...
  • Remove specific files ignoring nonexistent ones:
    rm -f path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...
  • Remove specific files interactively prompting before each removal:
    rm -i path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...
  • Remove specific files printing info about each removal:
    rm -v path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...
  • Remove specific files and directories recursively:
    rm -r path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...

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