Difference between revisions of "Rm (command)"
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rm -rf | rm -rf | ||
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If it was already deleted, on Linux, you can still truncate it by doing: | If it was already deleted, on Linux, you can still truncate it by doing: | ||
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rm: cannot remove 'XXXX': [[Read-only file system]] | rm: cannot remove 'XXXX': [[Read-only file system]] | ||
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== Related terms == | == Related terms == | ||
Revision as of 05:52, 26 July 2022
wikipedia:rm (Unix) included in coreutils package 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 unlink system call.
Man page: https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/rm.1.html
Contents
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
find /path/to/directory/ -mindepth 1 -mtime +5 -deletetruncatelsof -a +L1 /path/to/fs- Files open but deleted:
lsof -nP | grep deleted - Set file to zero:
truncate -s 0 /path/to/filename unlinkechoinodetouchscrubshredmtime- coreutils
- block
- virsh undefine
- vgremove
Activities
- Read about rm performance
- Read about ZFS
rm"expensive" operations: https://serverfault.com/a/801080 - https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/rm?tab=Votes
See also
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