rm command

[Reid Oishi]

And also if you don't want it to ask you if you want to bring up the
delete option make sure you unalias rm if you have it set to rm -i

I think.....and after make sure you alias it back if you want.  Or the
next time you login it will go back to your defaults.

Reido

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//  Reid H. Oishi           //  email: oishir at hawaii.edu  //
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On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Robert Buecker wrote:

> rm -rf /path/to/directory/you/want/deleted
>
> make sure you aren't in the directory or any sub directory or else it won't be removed
>
> and of course, be careful :>
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>   From: Julio
>   To: Linux & Unix Advocates & Users
>   Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 1:36 AM
>   Subject: [luau] rm command
>
>
>   how can I remove all the files and subdirectories in a directory without being prompted everytime and without getting the message directory not empty under linux, I have tried all the options listed under rmdir--help but can't do it.
>
>   thanks in advance
>
>   Julio
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