Will rm -r* removes hidden files?

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Will rm -r* removes hidden files?..

Answer / sathya

rm .* will remove all hidden files

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Will rm -r* removes hidden files?..

Answer / wizard_cmp@yahoo.co.in

No. will get an error.

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Will rm -r* removes hidden files?..

Answer / jennie

find the hidden files by doing ls -lat
and then use rm <filename>

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Will rm -r* removes hidden files?..

Answer / anandhi

$rm –rf .??*

With the option –rf and the use " .??* " will remove/delete
all hidden files/directory. The initial " . " indicates
a 'hidden' file and the " ?? " match at least two
characters to exclude the parent-directory which is " .. "
and to remove or delete everything the " * " will match all
number or characters that used for files or directory name.

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Will rm -r* removes hidden files?..

Answer / shan, chennai

Not at all agree. Will post you once I get the command for
that.

Shan, Chennai

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Will rm -r* removes hidden files?..

Answer / abhijit (pune)

No, it will not delete hidden files.
but, rm -f .* will definately removes the hidden files in
that perticular directory.

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Will rm -r* removes hidden files?..

Answer / jagadeesh kumar.k[tpgsi]

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Will rm -r* removes hidden files?..

Answer / viswa

The command rm -r * will not delte the hidden files. The
command will delte all the normal(unhidden) files and
direcotories.

#1 //Deleting all hidden files in present dir
rm -f .*

#2 //Deleting all hidden dir's in the present dir
rm -r .* OR rmdir .*

Note the command #2 will delete only the hidden dir's
created by the user not the default hidden dir's(. & ..)

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Will rm -r* removes hidden files?..

Answer / sunitha k

rm -r* delete all files in the current directory and all
its sub-directories.it works really.

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Will rm -r* removes hidden files?..

Answer / praful naik

Ans is rm -a

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