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homectl:tldr:9e28f
The command sudo homectl remove ${username}
is used to remove a user's home directory and related files associated with the specified username.
Here's a breakdown of the command:
-
sudo
: It stands for "superuser do" and allows the command to be run as the superuser or root user. This is necessary to perform administrative tasks or operations that require elevated privileges. -
homectl
: It is the command-line utility used for managing user home directories in certain Linux systems, like systemd-homed. -
remove
: This is the argument passed to thehomectl
command, specifying that we want to remove a user's home directory. -
${username}
: This is a placeholder indicating that you need to replace it with the actual username for the user whose home directory you want to remove. For example, if you want to remove the home directory for a user named "john", you would replace${username}
withjohn
.
By using this command with administrative privileges, the specified user's home directory and related files will be permanently deleted from the system.