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Getting rid of unwanted files

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Once you have no more need for a disk file, you can get rid of it permanently by using the Unix rm command.

Warning! When you remove a file, it is gone forever. There is no easy way to get it back. Please be careful that you do not remove a file that you really need.

To delete a file from your account, enter this command:

      % rm name
where name identifies the file you want to remove.

You can remove more than one file at a time. For example, this command

      % rm oldbills oldnotes badjokes
would remove the three named files.
See also: Organizing your files; Making a copy of a file
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John Shipman, john@nmt.edu

Last updated: 1995/12/04 19:39:34 UT
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