How To Delete File In Linux Terminal?

Enter “sudo -rm” in the Terminal followed by a single space.

Drag the desired drive to the Terminal window.

Press the backspace/delete key once to remove the trailing space character (this is important to do).

Press enter, followed by your password to complete the command.

How do I delete a file in Terminal?

Open Terminal, type “rm” (no quotes, but there should be a space after it). Drag & drop the file you want to remove onto the Terminal window, and its path will be added at the end of the command, then hit Return. Your file will be removed beyond recovery.

How can I delete a file in Linux?

The rm command (short for remove) is a Unix / Linux command which is used to delete files from a file system. Usually, on most filesystems, deleting a file requires write permission on the parent directory (and execute permission, in order to enter the directory in the first place).

How do I delete a directory in Linux terminal?

To remove a directory that contains other files or directories, use the following command. In the example above, you would replace “mydir” with the name of the directory you want to delete. For example, if the directory was named files, you would type rm -r files at the prompt.

How do I delete multiple files in Linux?

In order to remove one single file using the rm command, run the following command:

  • rm filename. Using the above command, it will prompt you to make a choice of going ahead or back out.
  • rm -rf directory.
  • rm file1.jpg file2.jpg file3.jpg file4.jpg.
  • rm *
  • rm *.jpg.
  • rm *specificword*

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