Rm (command)

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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.

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

Related terms

• truncate
• lsof -a +L1 /path/to/fs
• Set file to zero: truncate -s 0 /path/to/filename
• unlink
• echo
• inode
• mtime
• scrub
• touch

See also

• rm, System Integrity Protection, truncate, scrub, shred, unlink, git rm, find -delete