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How does one delete a directory filled with files and other subdirectory permanently, bypassing the trash, from the command line in OS X?
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So my command line skills are a little rusty and I'm having trouble remembering the differences between the meanings of flags in different distro's os's. I also don't really remember all my technical lingo so manpages seem really unclear. Basically I'm on Mac OS X and want to delete a directory alo…
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$ rm -R dir-name/
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Fix for: How does one delete a directory filled with files and other subdirectory permanently, bypassing the trash, from the command line in OS X?
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If you want to delete , the command you want is (assuming you are working in the directory that contains ). This will delete and everything in it, but leave and anything else in it alone. is clever enough not to recurse into - otherwise every would …
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