what is the meaning of this command rm -rf / what will it do ?

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what is the meaning of this command rm -rf / what will it do ?..

Answer / chitra

rm -rf removes the directory recursively and also forcefully.
r stands for recursively
f stands for forcefully

The above command can also be used for removing a file.

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what is the meaning of this command rm -rf / what will it do ?..

Answer / monu verma

It will remove a directory including its subdirectories and
files

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what is the meaning of this command rm -rf / what will it do ?..

Answer / sailesh k

recursively forcely delete the objects even the subfolders
contains any files.

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what is the meaning of this command rm -rf / what will it do ?..

Answer / bharath kumar

this is used to delete the directoy even it is containing
files or sub folders.......

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what is the meaning of this command rm -rf / what will it do ?..

Answer / sricharan

It is a very good question for a fresher to tackle.

rm -rf
yes ofcourse r stands for recursively
f stands for forcefully
and this is used to remove normalfiles, tarfiles, zip files
etc..

One more important thing is, it can be used in scripts
where in it works/ removes only if the file exists. If we
use rm filename in scripts, it removes if it exits else it
throws error message telling this file not exist. Hence
using rm -rf is better option for shell scripting than rm.

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