Question

Which of the following command is used to remove files?
(a) dm
(b) rm
(c) delete
(d) erase

Answer 1

The rm command removes each specified file. By default, it does not remove directories. Also, it does not work on directories that contain files. The rm command (short for remove) is a Unix / Linux command which is used to delete files from a file system.

Answer 2

rm command is used for removing files.

Answer: Option (b)

Explanation:

In order to remove or to delete a file in Linux in the command line, rm (remove) or unlink command can be used. Here the unlink command will enables you to remove only one file. On the other hand, rm command enables us to remove multiple files at once.  

Extra care should be needed while removing the files or the directories. This is because, once the file is deleted, it cannot be recovered easily. Below is the command,

$ rm file_name;