How do I force delete a file? - Ask Ubuntu
Feb 18, 2018 · A .crdownload file should be invisible to you - the user - so you apparently turned on hidden files. The file contains the information downloaded before it is finished (in other …
How to remove characters from file names using command line?
Nov 14, 2017 · The % in the expansion of the filename means remove the shortest match of the following pattern from the end of the variable. The pattern is .*.gif, meaning any amount of …
How can I recursively delete all files of a specific extension in the ...
Nov 15, 2013 · Deleting files is for me not something you should use rm for. Here is an alternative: sudo apt-get install gvfs # install a tool that allows you to put stuff in the trash alias …
How to change/remove the file extensions of a group of files
May 15, 2021 · I'm trying to remove the extensions from the actual files. Is sed not capable of modifying file names, perhaps in conjunction with mv. Would prefer to not use rename and …
Delete all files whose filenames contain a particular string?
I changed my wordpress theme. The older one created so much images on server. My new theme doesnt need them, so I want to remove all. How can I do that? For example: Default image: …
sudo - How to delete a swap file in Ubuntu? - Ask Ubuntu
Oct 26, 2017 · This will disable the swapfile, and the file can be deleted at that point. Please note that if you have created an entry in /etc/fstab for the swapfile, you should also delete it (or …
How do I remove all files that match a pattern? - Ask Ubuntu
I would like to be able to run a command to remove all of them. I have found some sources that say to run: rm **/*.orig But that gives me the message: rm: cannot remove `**/*.orig': No such …
How do I unprotect a file which is owned by root? - Ask Ubuntu
Feb 23, 2014 · chmod a+r file read is added for all chmod a-x file execute permission is removed for all chmod a+rw file change the permissions of the file file to read and write for all. chmod …
Unable to delete file - no such file or directory - Ask Ubuntu
Jul 15, 2012 · Now, you can try to delete the file. This can result in severe filesystem corruption. debugfs: rm [filename] debugfs: unlink [filename] debugfs: kill_file [filename] debugfs: kill_file …
How to uninstall a .deb package? - Ask Ubuntu
Jan 19, 2011 · Every solution here assumes you know or can find the name of the package, but none provide how to remove a package if all you have is the deb. To that end, the below …