How To Delete Or Remove Files And Folders Or Directories In Ubuntu Linux Command Line

In this video I will show you how to permanently delete or remove files and folders or directories in Linux. The operating system I installed on my Server during this video tutorial was Ubuntu Linux. These commands will work on other Linux operating systems too.

Commands To Remove Files:

There are two ways to delete or remove files in Linux. You can use either /”unlink/” or /”rm/”.

unlink filename.extension
rm filename.extension

You can delete or remove multiple files in a single command using /”rm/” and separating your each file you want to delete with a space. The files you delete do not have to have the same extension to be deleted using a single command. You can’t use the /”unlink/” command to remove multiple files.

rm filename.extension filename.extension

Commands To Remove Directories or Folders:
rm -rf directoryname or foldername

To remove files or folders beginning with a letter such as /”b/” type the following command:

rm -rf b*

You can also add more letters or even words to the above command before the star (*)

To remove files with a specific file extension such as /”.json/” type the following command:

rm -rf *json

Command Syntax: rm -rf *extension

To delete an entire directory or folder, leaving it empty, type the following command:

rm -rf *

To list all the files and folders in your current directory type the following command:

ls

Abbreviation Key
rm = Remove
r = Recursive (Remove files and folders without being prompted)
f = Force (Remove files and folders with write-protection)
-rf = Recursive Force
* = Wildcard
ls = List

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro & Context
0:10 How To List Files In Current Directory (ls)
0:25 unlink and rm Commands To Delete A Single File In Terminal
1:44 How To Remove Directories Or Folders In A Linux Terminal
2:36 How To Delete An Entire Directory to Empty It Completely

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