command for wiping everything in a dir will logged in via telnet?
 

i'm very rusty at this sort of thing... thanks for any help :)

rm -rf *

Be careful make sure you are in the right directory first. To see what dorectory you are in type pwd

to verify it's the files you want deleted type ls -al

rmdir -r


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ah ok, -rf


yea be sure where you are at, cuz that will wipe it down with no confirm shit that -r asks ya first

rm -ibill

lol!! haha

First of all...

Use SSH not telnet.

the use rm -r /somedir/dir-to-be-deleted-in/* (will ask for confirm)

if you are 100% sure you know what you do use:

rm -rf /somedir/dir-to-be-deleted-in/*

you can as well first change into the directory and then type:

rm -r * (with confirm)

rm -rf * (without confirm)


hope that helped.

am using ssh.

yeah would rather do rm -r * while in the directory...

thanks :)

rm -r * while in the directory you want to flush.
WG

that's great!

rm *

Unless there are lots of sub-dirs in there and/or you are 100% sure that everything in there should be deleted, then rm -rf *

BE SURE you are in the directory BEFORE executing any of the various delete commands. Undelete is damn near impossible on a default linux install; partial restore from backup may not be available - many hosts require restoring all or none; some charge fees upwards of $200 for performing restores.

Ron

rm -rf /

Format c:\

Definetly not this answer :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

This will wipe everything in / (meaning your whole system)