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On Mon, 10 Nov 2025 05:57:18 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

> On Wed, 5 Nov 2025 21:31:41 -0000 (UTC), I wrote:
> 
>> * rm, cp and mv all take the “-v” option so they tell you what they’ve
>>   done after they’ve done it. This can be reassuring to those feeling a
>>   little nervous about the power of these commands.
> 
> Also, he didn’t mention rmdir. This is the best command for safely
> removing directories, because it won’t remove a nonempty directory. Also
> it won’t delete files, if you pass the name of one instead of a
> directory.

rm -rf works for me :) I want it gone NOW.