How to delete file and directory on CentOS and RHEL 6/7 step by step guide
In this
article we will learn how to delete file and directory on linux system which is very common task for
a linux administrator.
How to delete file on CentOS and RHEL linux system
To delete a
file of the linux system we need to execute the below command.
#rm <filename>
Lets take an
example we have one file name testnew
and we want to delete this file.so we need to execute the below command.
#rm testnew
[root@localhost
project]# ls
testnew
[root@localhost
project]# rm testnew
rm: remove regular
empty file `testnew'? y
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| How to delete file and directory on CentOS and RHEL 6/7 step by step guide |
After execute the above command we
can verify it using ls command.
[root@localhost
project]# ls
[root@localhost
project]#
We can delete multiple file using
the below command.
#rm <file1>
<file2> <file3> <file4>
How to delete empty directoy on linux system
To delete
empty directory on linux system we need to use rmdir coammnd.
#rmdir <dir name>
Suppose we have one empty dir named test we need to
delete this we need to execute the below command.
#rmdir test
How to delete non-empty directoy on linux system
To delete non-empty
directory on linux system we need to use rm coammnd along with –r flag.
How to delete forcefully and recusively a file and a directoy on linux system
To delete a
file and directory forcefully and recursively we need to use “-f” and “-r” flag
along with the rm command
#rm –rf <dir
name>
That’s all. If this
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