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# 8  
Old 01-24-2012
rm deletes files.

If you open the file then delete it, it will stay on disk until whatever holds it open closes. However, there won't be any way for anything else to open it -- it won't be in the current directory anymore.

Again, this isn't what he asked for and you've given absolutely no context at all. Far too many 'tricky' questions are more opaque than tricky...
# 9  
Old 01-24-2012
whats rm -ir. is that a command. or rm -i
# 10  
Old 01-24-2012
See man rm.

rm deletes files. -r deletes entire folders and everything in them. Don't let him play some horrible joke on you with it.
# 11  
Old 01-24-2012
true he prob jking. what a guy
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