Comments on: How to Delete in Linux Terminal rm Command http://beginnerlinuxtutorial.com/help-tutorial/basic-linux-commands/how-to-delete-in-linux-terminal-rm-command/ Online Linux tutorial for beginners Sun, 15 Aug 2010 17:01:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Beginner Linux Tutorial http://beginnerlinuxtutorial.com/help-tutorial/basic-linux-commands/how-to-delete-in-linux-terminal-rm-command/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Beginner Linux Tutorial Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:16:49 +0000 http://beginnerlinuxtutorial.com/?p=116#comment-71 Most likely those files are owned by another user. You can run <code>ls -l</code> in that directory and you will see who owns the files and what the permissions are. You will see something like this <code>-rw-r--r-- 1 max max 543504 Sep 19 15:40 test.avi</code> the order is <code>drwxrwxrwx .... user group ....</code> the d is if it is a directory, r is read, w is write, x is execute, first set of rwx is user permissions, second is group, third is all other users. If you do not have permissions then <code>su</code> to root to delete them or <code>su</code> to root and use <code>chown -R your-username your-group /path/to/files</code> to change permissions to your user. Most likely those files are owned by another user. You can run ls -l in that directory and you will see who owns the files and what the permissions are. You will see something like this -rw-r--r-- 1 max max 543504 Sep 19 15:40 test.avi the order is drwxrwxrwx .... user group .... the d is if it is a directory, r is read, w is write, x is execute, first set of rwx is user permissions, second is group, third is all other users. If you do not have permissions then su to root to delete them or su to root and use chown -R your-username your-group /path/to/files to change permissions to your user.

]]> By: Moss http://beginnerlinuxtutorial.com/help-tutorial/basic-linux-commands/how-to-delete-in-linux-terminal-rm-command/comment-page-1/#comment-70 Moss Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:55:30 +0000 http://beginnerlinuxtutorial.com/?p=116#comment-70 What do I do if the rm -rf function doesn't work? I keep getting permission denied messages for several files linked to the RealPlayer I downloaded. What do I do if the rm -rf function doesn’t work? I keep getting permission denied messages for several files linked to the RealPlayer I downloaded.

]]> By: Beginner Linux Tutorial http://beginnerlinuxtutorial.com/help-tutorial/basic-linux-commands/how-to-delete-in-linux-terminal-rm-command/comment-page-1/#comment-69 Beginner Linux Tutorial Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:10:39 +0000 http://beginnerlinuxtutorial.com/?p=116#comment-69 You would first want to mount the ntfs partition using <code>ntfs-3g</code> so you have read/write permissions to ntfs partitions. <code>ntfs-3g /dev/your-c-partition /media/ntfs</code> Then you can <a href="http://beginnerlinuxtutorial.com/scripts/delete-windows-temp-files.sh" title="delete windows temp files script" rel="nofollow">download this script file</a> I wrote for you. Edit the script, you will need to change <code>$MNTPNT="/media/ntfs"</code> to where ever your ntfs partition is mounted. Then make sure you <code>chmod ugo+x delete-windows-temp-files.sh</code> and then run <code>./delete-windows-temp-files.sh</code> Hope this helps, if you need more help please let me know. Have a great day! You would first want to mount the ntfs partition using ntfs-3g so you have read/write permissions to ntfs partitions. ntfs-3g /dev/your-c-partition /media/ntfs Then you can download this script file I wrote for you. Edit the script, you will need to change $MNTPNT="/media/ntfs" to where ever your ntfs partition is mounted. Then make sure you chmod ugo+x delete-windows-temp-files.sh and then run ./delete-windows-temp-files.sh

Hope this helps, if you need more help please let me know. Have a great day!

]]> By: Rampspost http://beginnerlinuxtutorial.com/help-tutorial/basic-linux-commands/how-to-delete-in-linux-terminal-rm-command/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Rampspost Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:25:47 +0000 http://beginnerlinuxtutorial.com/?p=116#comment-66 Can you give a command, wich is useful for deleting temporary files in ALL user profiles in windows (with livecd). I mean paths like: C:\Documents and Settings\user1\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\sf1u1syx.default\Cache C:\Documents and Settings\user2\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\tyrwertr.default\Cache C:\Documents and Settings\etc\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\wetytyuy.default\Cache and C:\Documents and Settings\user1\Local Settings\Temp C:\Documents and Settings\user2\Local Settings\Temp C:\Documents and Settings\etc\Local Settings\Temp and so on... Can you give a command, wich is useful for deleting temporary files in ALL user profiles in windows (with livecd).

I mean paths like:
C:\Documents and Settings\user1\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\sf1u1syx.default\Cache
C:\Documents and Settings\user2\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\tyrwertr.default\Cache
C:\Documents and Settings\etc\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\wetytyuy.default\Cache

and

C:\Documents and Settings\user1\Local Settings\Temp
C:\Documents and Settings\user2\Local Settings\Temp
C:\Documents and Settings\etc\Local Settings\Temp

and so on…

]]> By: Beginner Linux Tutorial http://beginnerlinuxtutorial.com/help-tutorial/basic-linux-commands/how-to-delete-in-linux-terminal-rm-command/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Beginner Linux Tutorial Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:19:52 +0000 http://beginnerlinuxtutorial.com/?p=116#comment-57 What are you wanting to delete? As the tutorial says you can delete anything on the filesystem with rm -rf filename What are you wanting to delete? As the tutorial says you can delete anything on the filesystem with rm -rf filename

]]> By: slender http://beginnerlinuxtutorial.com/help-tutorial/basic-linux-commands/how-to-delete-in-linux-terminal-rm-command/comment-page-1/#comment-56 slender Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:16:54 +0000 http://beginnerlinuxtutorial.com/?p=116#comment-56 pliz provide a command to delete a record in linux. pliz provide a command to delete a record in linux.

]]> By: Linux Basic Commands Tutorial | Beginner Linux Tutorial http://beginnerlinuxtutorial.com/help-tutorial/basic-linux-commands/how-to-delete-in-linux-terminal-rm-command/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Linux Basic Commands Tutorial | Beginner Linux Tutorial Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:41:51 +0000 http://beginnerlinuxtutorial.com/?p=116#comment-33 [...] rm - shell command in Linux to remove files|directories. [...] [...] rm – shell command in Linux to remove files|directories. [...]

]]>