Two questions about hidden files

2022年9月11日 — Delete all files (including hidden ones) with just one rm. #shell #hidden files. This will match any regular file or directory, plus hidden ones, excluding '.' ...

2010年11月15日 — I can type [cmd=]rm -r -.*[/cmd] to delete hidden files recursively, but I get Code: rm: . and .. may not be removed when doing the same in freeBSD.

2023年5月31日 — Step 1: Go to the desired directory. Use the cd command to switch to the directory you want to empty.

Unless you search for wildcard before the file name like *file this will not delete hidden files. To run only in the current directory to ...

2021年6月11日 — To remove directories, you just need -r. See man find. The -f is to force remove even if the files are non-writeable by you.

2013年5月26日 — The proper way to remove all hidden and non-hidden files and folders recursively in a target directory without receiving the warning/error about . and ..

2024年2月16日 — Explains how to display and remove hidden files in Linux using rm command as well as the GNOME desktop.

2020年7月23日 — Run the following to delete all files: rm -r * To remove and clear out hidden files run: rm -rv *,.*} rm -rv /path/to/dir/*,.*

Linux doesn't really have hidden files at all. There is merely a convention that tools that list files will not include files that begin with a '.' character.