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How to delete folders using single line command irrespective of whether the folder is empty or non-empty?.. Any idea?
The rm(1) command has the flag -r for that. You should not use the -f flag with this command, unless you know what you are doing, as placing a wrong * or space can have you deleting a lot more than you intended.
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I want to delete a #tem.txt# called # that for some reason using emacs appeared
is between two # and I have not been able to remove it using rm, rm -f, unlink
See my file
Since '#' is a special character, you can try rm \#tem.txt\#
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how I can rename several files (Q0138-9061933666_S5.fasta.db) in a folder and leave only the no as ca (Q0138-9061933666_S5.db) i.e. delete .fasta from all files
Assuming you are in the folder where the files are placed.
for i in *.fasta.db
do
mv $i ${i/\.fasta/} # remove "fasta" from file name
done
See Replace one substring for another string in shell script for details about string substitution
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when I exit my vim, I accidentally typed wq~, and it created my home directory in my other linux directory which I am working on, anyway to remove it?
Quote it
rm '~'
You can also rename it to the name you want:
mv '~' correctname
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I am looking for a command in bash to change the last modified and created timestamp to be changed to present time.
How do I do it using shell command/script?
Thanks!
touch will update the access and modification times (or only one of the two with -a or -m respectively).
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I have a softlink mistakenly created as this:
/backup_rmbeir1 -> /backup_rmbeir1
I want to delete the soft link now. If I do :
rm /backup_rmbeir1
will this delete the link, or the actual file ? If not what will be the best way to achieve this ? I tried the unlink command but didn't help.
The soft link is /backup/backup_rmbeir1, so delete that by rm /backup/backup_rmbeir1.