deluser:tldr:f550c

deluser: Remove a user, and all files owned by them.

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$ sudo deluser --remove-all-files ${username}

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This command is used to remove a user account and all associated files from a Linux system. Here's the breakdown of the command:

sudo: This is a command that allows a user with elevated privileges (usually the root user or a user with administrative rights) to execute a command as another user, in this case, the deluser command.
deluser: This is the command used to delete a user account from the system.
--remove-all-files: This is an option/flag provided to the deluser command to remove all files and directories owned by the user being deleted.
${username}: This is a placeholder for the actual username that you want to delete. You would replace ${username} with the specific username you want to remove.

When executed, this command will delete the specified user account along with all files and directories owned by that user. It is important to exercise caution when using this command as it permanently deletes user data.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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