How to delete files in linux

Introduction to the command to delete files under Linux:

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1. Open Linux system, create an empty file and empty folder;

2. rm file name (function: delete file);

Prompt: whether to delete the file, enter yes

3. rm * (Function: delete all files under this path);

4. rm -f file name (Function: delete files without asking whether to delete them) ;

5. rm -r folder (function: delete the folder recursively);

6. rm -rf file or directory (function: delete the file recursively) Delete directory, most commonly used);

Example:

1. Delete folder instance: rm -rf /var/log/httpd/access will delete /var/log/ httpd/access directory and all files and folders under it

2. Example of deleting files: rm -f /var/log/httpd/access.log will forcefully delete /var/log/httpd/access .log this file

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