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Will rm -r* removes hidden files?

Answer Posted / 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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