You work as the Network technician for McNeil Inc. The company has a Linux-based Network.
You are working on the Red Hat operating system. You want to remove some write protected files
and directories. Which of the following commands should you use to accomplish this task?
A.
rm -rf
B.
rm -f
C.
rmdir
D.
rm
Explanation:
The rm -rf commarecursively removes directories and its contents, ignoring warnings about
removing write-protected files and directories.
Answer option B is incorrect. rm -f removes only files forcibly not a directory. To remove a
directory and its contents forcibly, use -r in combination with -f with the rm command.
Answer option C is incorrect. The rmdir command is use to remove an empty directory.
Answer option D is incorrect. rm with no arguments deletes files.