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rm is to remove item, but what is the parameter -rf do or signify?
Whenever I typed help -rf it printed the entire list of available commands in powershell. What happens if you type rm -rf in powershell? From reading around I've gathered that it will delete everything on the drive? I'm not sure?
Also, is rm -rf same as rm -rf /
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rm -rf /path/to/delete/ means rm (remove) with attributes r (recursive) and f (force) on the directory /path/to/remove/ and its sub-directories. Note that -f in PowerShell is ambiguous for -Filter and -Force and thus -fo needs to be used.
Remove-Item cmdlet is used to delete a file by passing the path of the file to be deleted.
Every object in PowerShell has a Delete() method and you can use it to remove that object. To delete files and folders, use the Get-ChildItem command and use the Delete() method on the output. Here, this command will delete a file called “testdata. txt”.
Using PowerShell to Delete All Files Recursively If you need to also delete the files inside every sub-directory, you need to add the -Recurse switch to the Get-ChildItem cmdlet to get all files recursively.
PowerShell isn't UNIX. rm -rf is UNIX shell code, not PowerShell scripting.
rm (short for Remove-Item) on PowerShell.rm on UNIX.See the difference?
On UNIX, rm -rf alone is invalid. You told it what to do via rm for remove with the attributes r for recursive and f for force, but you didn't tell it what that action should be done on. rm -rf /path/to/delete/ means rm (remove) with attributes r (recursive) and f (force) on the directory /path/to/remove/ and its sub-directories.
The correct, equivalent command on PowerShell would be:
rm C:\path\to\delete -r -fo Note that -f in PowerShell is ambiguous for -Filter and -Force and thus -fo needs to be used.
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You have to use:
Remove-Item C:\tmp -Recurse -Force or (short)
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