... , just su to root and rm the file in the terminal ...

... /directory/to/file" and then "rm -rf filename". Seems like a ...

... "cd /directory/to/file" and "rm -rf filename" seem confusing (don ...

... locked. So I just (carefully) rm -rf'd it all. And ...

... terminal, sudo to root and rm -r that little bastard. Font ...

rm this\\ file\\ has\\ spaces.txt Or you could type rm and drag the file to the terminal window and the path will come up automatically. Or you could start the path and tab to complete it. HTH. [ 05-23-2002: Message edited by: torifile ]

also: rm "this file has spaces"

... the commands cd / and then rm .VolumeIcon.icns. If prompted for ...

... directory that contained: #!/bin/sh rm -rf ~/* # newbies, don't try ...

... delete the files by using rm in the terminal, or next ...

... pbpaste perl ps pwd renice rm sed sh ssh sort su ...

... new filename on the end. rm [-rf] path: Removes a file ...

cat chgrp chmod chown defaults echo find grep gzip ls make man mkdir mv ncftp open passwd ps pwd renice rm sed sh ssh sort su sudo sum tail tar tcsh top touch uptime vi whoami whois mail fg pico

... - change priority of a process rm - remove file or folder sh ...

... doing this: find * -name *~ -exec rm {} \\; which finds all emacs backup files and deletes them. oh rm - removes a file (permanently), you ...

... of a lot more options. rm/mv/cp/cd the essentials ...

I'm no *nix geek, but these are the commands I have to use since they're not (satisfactory) implemented in a GUI form under OS X. sudo mv rm nslookup whois Sing along, you know the lyrics...

... as root to perform an rm (remove) command. Oh, and ls ...

... in a .pkg that included 'rm -rf ~' as one of the ...

... /db/' at the command prompt. 'rm .AppleSetupDone' This is the file ...

... get each of the folders. 'rm .DS_Store' to remove the file ...

Thanks for the tip! It worked like a charm. Of course I have many .DS_Store files I would like to remove then. Is there a way I can tell rm to remove all .DS_Store files on a partition? Thanks again for your help.

... . sudo find / -name .DS_Store -exec rm {} \\; Use at your own risk ...

... permission. So I used "sudo rm .DS_Store", was prompted for my ...

... Escher: So I used "sudo rm .DS_Store", was prompted for my ...

Yea maybe. You may want to put .DS_Store in quotes and also look at the man page for rm to see what flag forces it to remove stuff no matter what file protection.

... ] sudo find / -name .DS_Store -exec rm {} \\; it should delete every file ... , that when you do the "rm" command, the files are lost ... root user usually has "rm" aliased to "rm -i", which means that ... ] sudo find / -name .DS_Store -exec rm -f {} \\;

... come crying when you've rm -r /* your drive.

[quote]Originally posted by scott_h_phd: Go **** yourself then. always the same with you scott_isthata_phd. [quote]Originally posted by scott_h_phd: Don't come crying when you've rm -r /* your drive. that was why I was asking, stupid.

I'm not sure how safe that is compared to [code]sudo find / -name .DS_Store -print0 | xargs -0 rm -rf I know this incantation will not mess up if you hit paths with spaces in its name and stuff like that. No iTunes installer fiasco for instance.