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  2. rmdir - Wikipedia

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    will first remove baz/, then bar/ and finally foo/ thus removing the entire directory tree specified in the command argument. rmdir will not remove a directory if it is not empty in UNIX. The rm command will remove a directory and all its contents recursively. For example:

  3. File deletion - Wikipedia

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    File deletion is the removal of a file from a computer's file system. All operating systems include commands for deleting files (rm on Unix and Linux, [1] era in CP/M and DR-DOS, del/erase in MS-DOS/PC DOS, DR-DOS, Microsoft Windows etc.). File managers also provide a convenient way of deleting files. Files may be deleted one-by-one, or a whole ...

  4. rm (Unix) - Wikipedia

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    rm (short for remove) is a basic command on Unix and Unix-like operating systems used to remove objects such as computer files, directories and symbolic links from file systems and also special files such as device nodes, pipes and sockets, similar to the del command in MS-DOS, OS/2, and Microsoft Windows. The command is also available in the ...

  5. shred (Unix) - Wikipedia

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    shred is a command on Unix-like operating systems that can be used to securely delete files and devices so that it is extremely difficult to recover them, even with specialized hardware and technology; assuming recovery is possible at all, which is not always the case.

  6. List of POSIX commands - Wikipedia

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    Remove directory entries Version 1 AT&T UNIX rmdel: SCCS Optional (XSI) Remove a delta from an SCCS file PWB UNIX rmdir: Filesystem Mandatory Remove directories, if they are empty. Version 1 AT&T UNIX sact: SCCS Optional (XSI) Print current SCCS file-editing activity System III sccs: SCCS: Optional (XSI) Front end for the SCCS subsystem 4.3BSD sed

  7. Trim (computing) - Wikipedia

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    The TRIM command enables an operating system to notify the SSD of pages which no longer contain valid data. For a file deletion operation, the operating system will mark the file's sectors as free for new data, then send a TRIM command to the SSD. After trimming, the SSD will not preserve any contents of the block when writing new data to a ...

  8. Filesystem Hierarchy Standard - Wikipedia

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    Typical Ubuntu filesystem hierarchy. In the FHS, all files and directories appear under the root directory /, even if they are stored on different physical or virtual devices. Some of these directories only exist in a particular system if certain subsystems, such as the X Window System, are installed.

  9. srm (Unix) - Wikipedia

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    srm (or Secure Remove) is a command line utility for Unix-like computer systems for secure file deletion. srm removes each specified file by overwriting, renaming, and truncating it before unlinking. This prevents other people from undeleting or recovering any information about the file from the command line.