Editing Linux commands (section)

=== Delete files or directory ===
delete all files or directory
* {{kbd | key=rm -rf ''/Name_of_directory''}} to delete all files under the '''Name_of_directory'' ({{Linux}})<ref><nowiki>[OPTION]</nowiki>
* -r  remove directories and their contents recursively; 
* -f   ignore nonexistent files, never prompt 
(above content cited from linux documentation: rm --help)
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* {{kbd | key=del ''Name_of_directory''}} ({{Win}})
** After executed ''del Name_of_directory'' but the empty directory directory_name will be left. 
** Command delete is not available in Win XP
* rsync
** {{Gd}} quick for many small files (1) create a empty folder ex: {{kbd | key=<nowiki>mkdit /path/to/source</nowiki>}} (2) To empty the target folder, keyin {{kbd | key=<nowiki>rsync -avP --delete  /path/to/source/ /path/to/target/</nowiki>}} ({{Linux}}) 
** {{kbd | key=<nowiki>rsync --delete-before -a -H -v --progress --stats /path/to/empty/folder/ /path/to/target_folder_will_be_deleted/</nowiki>}} ({{Linux}})<ref>[http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_5f5a3dff0101e2tm.html Linux下使用rsync最快速删除海量文件的方法_果冻的剥壳_新浪博客]</ref> ''un-verified''
* Using SFTP/FTP to connection to the server and delete selected files. {{exclaim}} It may costs too much time if there are many files or sub folders!

Delete the files which their file name were matched with the ''naming rule'' when the number of files is too many.
* {{kbd | key= <nowiki>find . -name 'naming_rule' -delete</nowiki>}}  or {{kbd | key= <nowiki>find . -name 'naming_rule' -type f -delete</nowiki>}} <ref>[http://danilo.ariadoss.com/how-to-recursively-remove-ds_store-files-on-mac-os-x/ How to recursively remove .DS_Store files on Mac OS X | Tangential Musings]</ref><ref>[http://xyz.cinc.biz/2015/12/linux-rm-argument-list-too-long.html XYZ的筆記本: Linux 使用 rm 刪除檔案,出現 /bin/rm: Argument list too long]</ref><ref>[http://www.hypexr.org/linux_find_help.php Linux find command]</ref>