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What does the rm -rf ~ command do in Linux?
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03/14/2022
Yearwood
End with the fifth and with the handles (# man rm) you will delete your home directory (~) completely and without a whimper
04/08/2022
Pandich Esper
delete your user folder and everything in it such as Documents Documents Images Downloads etc
04/16/2022
Thin Arriola
Delete the entire user profile without asking for confirmation, it is a somewhat dangerous command unless you know what you are doing.
The -rf options indicate to delete including subdirectories in a forced manner.
Delete the user profile.
05/01/2022
Kowatch
The rm -rf ~ command in Linux deletes the home directory of the user who executes that command.
05/08/2022
Jennifer Chatterson
The rm command is a contraction of remove and is used to delete files and/or folders. The -rf modifiers cause the command to be executed recursively (on all subfolders contained in the specified folder) and force the deletion without requesting confirmation on each item. Finally, the ~ character represents the personal folder of the user executing the command. Generally, users' personal folders are inside the /home location on the file system. For example, mine would be /home/czayas. Needless to say, the whole command is very dangerous and you should be sure of what you are doing before executing it.
The rm is a file deletion command. while its modifier -rf, makes the deletion run recursively and without asking for confirmation. Applied on a folder, it will delete all its contents and once deleted, it will delete the folder. It is a way that a few average users and malicious experts recommend to novices as a solution to their problems in order to harm them and damage their systems.
It_qna
End with the fifth and with the handles (# man rm) you will delete your home directory (~) completely and without a whimper
delete your user folder and everything in it such as Documents Documents Images Downloads etc
Delete the entire user profile without asking for confirmation, it is a somewhat dangerous command unless you know what you are doing.
The -rf options indicate to delete including subdirectories in a forced manner.
Delete the user profile.
The rm -rf ~ command in Linux deletes the home directory of the user who executes that command.
The rm command is a contraction of remove and is used to delete files and/or folders. The -rf modifiers cause the command to be executed recursively (on all subfolders contained in the specified folder) and force the deletion without requesting confirmation on each item. Finally, the ~ character represents the personal folder of the user executing the command. Generally, users' personal folders are inside the /home location on the file system. For example, mine would be /home/czayas. Needless to say, the whole command is very dangerous and you should be sure of what you are doing before executing it.
Thank you, Francis, for the A2A.
The rm is a file deletion command. while its modifier -rf, makes the deletion run recursively and without asking for confirmation. Applied on a folder, it will delete all its contents and once deleted, it will delete the folder. It is a way that a few average users and malicious experts recommend to novices as a solution to their problems in order to harm them and damage their systems.