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minus-squareJasonDJ@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up53·6 months agoDon’t forget the dot files and directories. Use sudo in case of trouble…sudo rm -rf .* (Don’t actually do this, because some shells will take that to include . and .. recursively)
minus-squarez3rOR0ne@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoOh god…why would you not just cd .. and rm -r the directory name?
minus-squareWhyJiffie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 months agoBecause you don’t always want to delete the directory itself, to then recreate it and set the ownerships and permissions again
minus-squarez3rOR0ne@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoFair enough. Then why not cd .., rm ./dir_name/* ?
minus-squareWhyJiffie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 months agobecause that does not delete hidden files in the directory
minus-squarez3rOR0ne@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoFair enough. Why not tack on rm ./.* as well to that list? Lol. Sorry, I’m truly just curious and not trying to be a smart alec.
minus-squareWhyJiffie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 months agowith that we arrive at the original problem: depending on your shell and its configuration, .. could be part of the results of the glob expansion. so at that point why bother stepping one dir level up
minus-squarez3rOR0ne@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoAh I see. Very interesting! Thank you.
minus-squareDirectorAutumn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoWhen your wiping recycle bin and then run that command…
Don’t forget the dot files and directories. Use sudo in case of trouble…
sudo rm -rf .*(Don’t actually do this, because some shells will take that to include
.and..recursively)Oh god…why would you not just
cd ..andrm -rthe directory name?Because you don’t always want to delete the directory itself, to then recreate it and set the ownerships and permissions again
Fair enough. Then why not
cd ..,rm ./dir_name/*?because that does not delete hidden files in the directory
Fair enough. Why not tack on
rm ./.*as well to that list? Lol. Sorry, I’m truly just curious and not trying to be a smart alec.with that we arrive at the original problem: depending on your shell and its configuration,
..could be part of the results of the glob expansion. so at that point why bother stepping one dir level upAh I see. Very interesting! Thank you.
When your wiping recycle bin and then run that command…