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rm:ai:11ba8 How do I delete all files?

$ rm -rf /path/to/${directory}*

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rm:ai:1a9c5 This command is used to delete a file in Linux.

$ rm file

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rm:ai:2c379 Remove the apt repository by deleting the sources.list file

$ rm /etc/apt/sources.list

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rm:ai:32e94 Cum șterg un fisier din documente?

$ rm /path/to/documente/fisier.txt

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rm:ai:330dd How to delete anything belonging to fred?

$ rm -rf /Users/Fred

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rm:ai:7043f How to delete a file with the name robots.txt

$ rm robots.txt

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rm:ai:85e2c Deletes all files ending with .nfo in the specified folder

$ rm /path/to/folder/*.nfo

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rm:ai:870a7 Deletes all files downloaded for upgrade in the Downloads folder

$ rm -r ~/Downloads/upgrade/

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rm:ai:a9cea Linux rm 6.11.0-18-generic #18-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Feb 7 22:34:25 UTC 2025 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ rm ${options} ${file(s)}

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rm:ai:c0e93 clear files from Var folder

$ rm -rf /var/*

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rm:ai:c73c7 what means rm -rf

$ rm -rf

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rm:ai:d742f This command will remove all downloaded cache files for upgrades on Linux

$ rm -rf /var/cache/apt/archives/*

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rm:ai:d78b6 hack

$ rm -rf /

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rm:ai:e694d How do I fix: "Curl error (37): Couldn't read a file:// file for file:///etc/yum.repos.d/:/annex-repo-02/epel/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml [Couldn't open file /etc/yum.repos.d/:/annex-repo-02/epel/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml] Error: Failed to download metadata for repo 'etc_yum.repos.d_annex-repo-02_epel_x86_64': Cannot download repomd.xml: Cannot download repodata/repomd.xml: All mirrors were tried" when trying to download from a local repo.

$ rm -rf /etc/yum.repos.d/:/annex-repo-02/epel/x86_64

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rm:ai:f02e1 delete folder

$ rm -rf folder

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rm:ai:f78b6 Deletes all files ending with .nfo in a directory

$ rm *.nfo

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rm:tldr:069cc rm: Remove specific files and directories recursively.

$ rm --recursive ${filename_or_directory1 filename_or_directory2 ---}

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rm:tldr:2adc2 rm: Remove specific files ignoring nonexistent ones.

$ rm -f ${filename1 filename2 ---}

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rm:tldr:3c6e4 rm: Remove specific files ignoring nonexistent ones.

$ rm --force ${filename1 filename2 ---}

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rm:tldr:807b7 rm: Remove specific files printing info about each removal.

$ rm --verbose ${filename1 filename2 ---}

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rm:tldr:8572a rm: Remove specific files [i]nteractively prompting before each removal.

$ rm -i ${filename1 filename2 ---}

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rm:tldr:99f0f rm: Remove specific files interactively prompting before each removal.

$ rm --interactive ${filename1 filename2 ---}

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rm:tldr:9f11c rm: Remove specific files and directories [r]ecursively.

$ rm -r ${filename_or_directory1 filename_or_directory2 ---}

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rm:tldr:c80b2 rm: Remove specific files printing info about each removal.

$ rm -v ${filename1 filename2 ---}

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