rm

Unwanted files can clog up a hard disk and slowing it down, making file management chores unnecessarily complicated. rm is a good practice to regularly go by the subdirectories and remove the files which are not needed. This command is used to delete files which are no longer required.

Syntax

rm [option] (filename)

In the given syntax filename is the name of the file to be removed

Option can be one or any mixture of the following:

- f        Forcefully removes a file even if it is write-protected

- i         Interactively asks for confirming the deletion of the files

- r         Removes a directory even if it is not blank

In the given example the file file2 in the newpersonal directory is removed.

# rm newpersonal/file2