Comments on: How to Remove a Directory and File in Linux Using ‘rm’ Command https://www.tecmint.com/remove-directory-linux/ Tecmint - Linux Howtos, Tutorials, Guides, News, Tips and Tricks. Fri, 14 Jul 2023 01:37:30 +0000 hourly 1 By: Aaron Kili https://www.tecmint.com/remove-directory-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-1360310 Fri, 04 Sep 2020 05:36:49 +0000 https://www.tecmint.com/?p=29979#comment-1360310 In reply to Anas.

@Anas

Thanks for the useful feedback.

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By: Anas https://www.tecmint.com/remove-directory-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-1360199 Thu, 03 Sep 2020 21:17:01 +0000 https://www.tecmint.com/?p=29979#comment-1360199 Thank you for the amazing article! I used to use rm -rf without knowing what it meant, now I do!

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By: Vishnu https://www.tecmint.com/remove-directory-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-1259828 Wed, 02 Oct 2019 10:27:19 +0000 https://www.tecmint.com/?p=29979#comment-1259828 What happens when rm -rf * command is used on any path. For example, what happens when this is done to “company/employe/ rm -rf *” where the employe directory has got sub directories in it? Will it throw an error or it deletes the files and all the sub directories present in employe directory

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By: Aaron Kili https://www.tecmint.com/remove-directory-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-1014266 Mon, 09 Jul 2018 09:41:19 +0000 https://www.tecmint.com/?p=29979#comment-1014266 In reply to Rajesh.

@Rajesh

That’s correct, thanks for sharing your thoughts with us.

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By: Aaron Kili https://www.tecmint.com/remove-directory-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-1014264 Mon, 09 Jul 2018 09:40:25 +0000 https://www.tecmint.com/?p=29979#comment-1014264 In reply to No.

@No

Thanks for the heads up, we will correct the heading soon.

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