Linux Tips

# rm  filename  (removes a single file) # rm  filename ? (matches single character. e.g.  filename1 ,  filename2 , filename3 ) # rm  filename [1-5] (matches  filename1  thru  filename5 ) # rm  filename * (removes everything that matches  filename . e.g. filename122, filename222, filename.backup ) # rm -rf /home/esofthub/ directoryname  (the -r deletes  directoryname recursively and all its contents without prompting (-f) read only files/directories) # rm -Rf /home/esofthub/ directoryname  (the -R deletes directoryname  recursively and all its contents without prompting (-f) read only files/directories) # pwd Note: Make darn sure you're in the right directory!! For example, you might be inadvertently deleting the contents of  /etc  instead of user defined etc, such as,  /tmp/etc/  or  /raid/etc or /home/esoft/etc . # rm * ((wildcard *) removes everything within a directory # rmdir /home/esofthub/ directoryname  (deletes empty directories)