Difference between revisions of "Rm (command)"

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wikipedia:rm (Unix) included in coreutils package is used to remove different type objects such as computer files, directories and symbolic links from file systems and also special files such as device nodes, pipes and sockets.

The rm command removes references to objects from the filesystem using the unlink system call.

rm /path/to/your/file

rm -rf

echo "" > /path/to/the/file.log

If it was already deleted, on Linux, you can still truncate it by doing:
echo "" > "/proc/$pid/fd/$fd"

rm: cannot remove 'XXXX': Read-only file system

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−	[[wikipedia:rm (Unix)]] is used to remove different type objects such as computer [[files]], [[directories]] and [[symbolic links]] from file systems and also [[special files]] such as [[device nodes]], [[pipes]] and [[sockets]].	+	[[wikipedia:rm (Unix)]] included in <code>[[coreutils]] package</code> is used to remove different type objects such as computer [[files]], [[directories]] and [[symbolic links]] from file systems and also [[special files]] such as [[device nodes]], [[pipes]] and [[sockets]].

	The rm command removes references to objects from the filesystem using the <code>[[unlink]]</code> [[system call]].		The rm command removes references to objects from the filesystem using the <code>[[unlink]]</code> [[system call]].