Delete files and Directories

Quick way to delete directories that are not empty:

rm -rf directoryname

this will delete all files and directories under directoryname

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How to remove Files that will not Delete in Dolphin

Delete or remove files with inode number

ls -il

(lists the files with their Inode numbers

e.g.

781956 drwx------  3 viv viv 4096 2006-01-27 15:05 gconfd-viv
781964 drwx------  2 viv viv 4096 2006-01-27 15:05 keyring-pKracm
782049 srwxr-xr-x  1 viv viv    0 2006-01-27 15:05 mapping-viv
781939 drwx------  2 viv viv 4096 2006-01-27 15:31 orbit-viv
781922 drwx------  2 viv viv 4096 2006-01-27 15:05 ssh-cnaOtj4013
781882 drwx------  2 viv viv 4096 2006-01-27 15:05 ssh-SsCkUW4013
782263 -rw-r--r--  1 viv viv    0 2006-01-27 15:49 \+Xy \+\8

find . -inum 782263 -exec rm -i {} \;



If you have file like name like name "2005/12/31" then no UNIX or Linux command can delete this file by name. Only method to delete such file is delete file by an inode number. Linux or UNIX never allows creating filename like 2005/12/31 but if you are using NFS from MAC OS or Windows then it is possible to create a such file.