Siims: Created page with "Useful commands:

Remove a file: $ rm

Remove a directory: $ rm -r

Find files and delete them: $ find / -iname file/name/with/regexp -exec rm -f {} \;..."

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Created page with "Useful commands: <ul> <li>Remove a file: $ rm</li> <li>Remove a directory: $ rm -r</li> <li>Find files and delete them: $ find / -iname file/name/with/regexp -exec rm -f {} \;..."

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Useful commands:
<ul>
<li>Remove a file: $ rm</li>
<li>Remove a directory: $ rm -r</li>
<li>Find files and delete them: $ find / -iname file/name/with/regexp -exec rm -f {} \;</li>
<li>Find directories and delete them: $ find / -name file/name/with/regexp -exec rm -r -f {} \;</li>
<li>To find some folder/file names: locate somename</li>
<li>When using many terminal windows and when changing some database info, it is useful to "import" changes to other windows: $ sudo updatedb</li>
<li>Change file privileges: $ chmod 644 (other nr can be looked up from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chmod wiki])</li>
</ul>

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Siims: Created page with "Useful commands: Remove a file: $ rm Remove a directory: $ rm -r Find files and delete them: $ find / -iname file/name/with/regexp -exec rm -f {} \;..."

Siims: Created page with "Useful commands:

Remove a file: $ rm

Remove a directory: $ rm -r

Find files and delete them: $ find / -iname file/name/with/regexp -exec rm -f {} \;..."