How to delete: hdc1._.tar.bz2?

[vickoxy]

Ok, i copied hdc1._.tar.bz2 to my AAO while i needed one file-i installed it an now i want to delete hdc1._.tar.bz2. But there are more than 1300 small files that are impossible to remove. I tried as sudo with rm, rmdir, mv, but nothing-i thing that i need each file separately to remove. I it possible just in one move to delete that directory?

 

[rbil]

cd to the directory containing files you want to remove and then ...

rm -r *

That should remove them all and any directories within.

Be careful that you're in the directory that you want to remove files/directories from as the -r means a recursive remove.

see ...

http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?rm


Cheers.

 

[vickoxy]

Unfortunally it does not work. This is message that i became. I made my self directoriy papierkorb (trash).

[root@localhost papierkorb]# rm -r hdc1._
rm: descend into directory `hdc1._'?
[root@localhost papierkorb]# rm -r hdc1._
rm: descend into directory `hdc1._'?

 

[Japser]

From the manual linked above:

-f, --force
ignore nonexistent files, never prompt

so,

rm -rf hdc1._

might do it.

 

[vickoxy]

Jasper, thanks-that did it.

 

[rbil]

Unfortunally it does not work. This is message that i became. I made my self directoriy papierkorb (trash).

[root@localhost papierkorb]# rm -r hdc1._
rm: descend into directory `hdc1._'?
[root@localhost papierkorb]# rm -r hdc1._
rm: descend into directory `hdc1._'?

Did you type "y" (without quotes) when asked the question?

Cheers.

 

[vickoxy]

Yes-but it asked me that for every file. That means that i should type yes for more than 1000times. But rm

-rf hdc1._

did the job. Thanks