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December 13, 2016 10:37
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SSH commands to remove files and folders
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/* The command in its simpliest form looks like: */ | |
rm myFile.txt myFile1.txt myFile2.txt …etc… | |
/* Fortunately, rm accepts several arguments which can ease us. | |
In the above example, we could type: */ | |
rm myFile*.txt | |
/* This will match all files starting with ‘myFile’ and ending in ‘.txt’ */ | |
/* To delete a whole folder and its content recursively, you can use: */ | |
rm -rf foldername/ | |
/*To delete all files/folders in the current directory, | |
without deleting the directory itself, you would need to use: */ | |
rm -rf * | |
/* Please be very careful when using rm command, | |
as it might have devastating effects on your website/server, | |
should you delete a system file or a folder. */ |
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