Linux how to remove all files from a directory (or remove a directory and its contents)

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How to remove all files from current directory in Linux Ubuntu with RM command (or shred files completely)

00:00 How to Delete All Files From Current Directory on Linux / Ubuntu (using command line)
00:33 Using the rm command with star (*) to remove all files from current folder
01:03 Using rf (recursive force) flag to remove all directories
01:36 Do not run RM RF in home directory!
01:46 Looking up all RM HELP instructions --help
02:04 How to use rm --force or -f to force remove all files in directory
02:27 How to use rm -i or rm -I to prompt while removing files in current directory
03:13 A usecase for --no-preserve-root (do not treat / specially)?
03:39 How to use rm -r or --recursive to remove all files and folders in current dir
3:45 How to use rm --d or rm --dir to remove empty directories
03:54 Print messages while deleting all files
04:25 How to remove filename starts with a dash

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