unix command

[TubStain]

Went hunting online and couldnt find a straight answer, so:

What is the unix command to remove a directory recursively along with all files in the subdirectories?

TIA

 

[notfred]

rm -rf dirname

 

[VBboy]

Originally posted by: notfred
rm -rf dirname

Buying that B*n L*den T-shirt paid off, huh? 🙂

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: VBboy

Originally posted by: notfred
rm -rf dirname

Buying that B*n L*den T-shirt paid off, huh? 🙂

no, using unix paid off.

 

[kranky]

Just to add to notfred's answer, be very careful if you use wildcards with the "rm -rf" command and you aren't familiar with Unix.

If you use an asterisk as a wildcard and accidentally insert a space before it, you could do much damage.