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What is the difference between rm -r and rm -f? - Super User What do you mean they give the same result? rm -r emptydir removes that directory, rm -f emptydir does not These are two completely different command line options, each doing whatever its documentation says is doing
find: -exec rm {} \; vs. -delete - why is the former widely . . . The -exec rm is not recommendable on many systems, for reasons I gave - lack of support, or a desire to restrict process count "widely recommended" does not mean ideal for all circumstances, and failing to address that assumption seems irresponsible
What does rm -rf do? - Super User The rm command removes files The -r option will perform a recursive removal and the -f option will remove files without prompting you to confirm that you wish to have them removed, even if you would otherwise be prompted as to whether you wish to remove them due to the files permissions E g , if you type rm -rf somedirectory, the command will remove all files and subdirectories beneath the
How to recover a removed file under Linux? - Super User @Nav, rm is a "dangerous" UNIX Linux command (read $ man rm) Use it with extreme caution With that said, it is a quick way to delete files you are sure of Modern Linux and Unix Desktop Environments do provide with a solution of "Trash Can", so the user easily can recover accidentally deleted files