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Explain Like I'm Five

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When i type in the commands, this is the outcome. It's pointing to some list. But where is this list existing ? I mean, which part of my system ? (retrofed.com)
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[โ€“] graycube@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Files have a concept of ownership and have permissions on them. Some permissions can stop you from deleting them. If you own the file you can add a "-f" option to the rm to force it to delete. You can also change the permissions and ownership on files.

[โ€“] LoveEspresso@retrofed.com 0 points 1 day ago

Thanks. That makes two different rm commands.