Editing Rm (command)

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[[wikipedia:rm (Unix)]] included in <code>[[coreutils]] package</code> is used to remove different type objects such as computer [[files]], [[directories]] and [[symbolic links]] from file systems and also [[special files]] such as [[device nodes]], [[pipes]] and [[sockets]].

The rm command removes references to objects from the filesystem using the <code>[[unlink]]</code> [[system call]].

Man page: https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/rm.1.html

== Examples ==
 rm /path/to/your/file

 rm -rf

 [[echo]] "" > /path/to/the/file.log

 If it was already deleted, on Linux, you can still truncate it by doing:
 echo "" > "[[/proc/]]$pid/fd/$fd"

 rm: cannot remove 'XXXX': [[Read-only file system]]

== Related terms ==
* <code>find /path/to/directory/ -mindepth 1 -mtime +5 [[-delete]]</code>
* <code>[[truncate]]</code>
* <code>[[lsof]] -a +L1 /path/to/fs</code>
* Files open but deleted: <code>[[lsof -nP]] | grep deleted</code>
* Set file to zero: <code>[[truncate]] -s 0 /path/to/filename</code>
* <code>[[unlink]]</code>
* <code>[[echo]]</code>
* <code>[[inode]]</code>
* <code>[[touch]]</code>
* <code>[[scrub]]</code>
* <code>[[shred]]</code>
* <code>[[mtime]]</code>
* [[coreutils]]
* [[block]]
* [[virsh undefine]]
* [[vgremove]]
* [[podman machine rm]]
* [[docker rm]]
* [[docker-compose rm]]
* [[docker buildx rm]]

== Activities ==
* Read about [[rm performance information|rm performance]]
* Read about [[ZFS]] <code>rm</code> "expensive" operations: https://serverfault.com/a/801080
* https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/rm?tab=Votes

== See also ==
* {{rm}}



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