SSH rm command

If you wish to remove a file or folder from your Linux system you can use SSH rm command. In this article, we will show the basic usage of the SSH rm command.

Delete a file using SSH rm command

rm myFile.txt

Delete a file without asking for permission with SSH

rm -f myFile.txt

Delete a file using WildCard

This will delete all .txt files

rm -f *.txt

Delete all files and the directory with SSH rm

rm -rf /path/to/directory

Delete file and display information

rm -v myFile.txt

Delete file while being prompted for it

rm -i myFile.txt
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