FINAL
TRIM
SIZE
:
7.0
in
x
8.5
in
4
Remo
ving
Files
and
Directories
If
y
ou
ha
v
e
les
that
are
no
longer
needed,
y
ou
should
remov
e
(delete)
them.
Deleting
unnecessary
les
leav
es
more
ro
om
on
y
our
system.
F
or
example,
supp ose
y
ou've
nished
using
myfile2 ,
and
it
is
no
longer
needed.
T
o
remov
e
myfile2 ,
t
yp e:
$
rm
myfile2
T
o
remov
e
an
empty
directory
,
t
yp e
the
follo
wing:
rmdir
dirname
If
there
are
an
y
visible
or
in
visible
(\dot")
les
still
in
the
directory
,
this
command
will
not
b e
executed,
and
y
ou
will
get
a
message
that
the
directory
is
not
empt
y
.
Also,
if
there
are
an
y
sub directories
in
the
directory
,
y
ou
will
get
a
message.
In
either
case
y
ou
can
do
the
following:
cd
dirname
rm
*
ll
-a
A
ny
invisible
\dot"
lenames
r
emaining
wil
l
b
e
displaye
d.
rm
.lenames
Y
ou
may
have
to
r
ep
e
at
this
c
ommand
for
al
l
dot
les.
rmdir
*
This
r
emoves
any
empty
sub
dir
e
ctories.
cd
..
T
o
get
to
the
p
ar
ent
dir
e
ctory
again.
rm
dirname
4-10
Using
the
Command
Line
DRAFT
2/5/97
11:31
