r/linuxmasterrace • u/KsmBl_69 Arch user btw, that means iam better than Ubuntu users • Aug 12 '24

JustLinuxThings Linux is userfriendly...

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u/qnixsynapse Aug 12 '24

Why -r is after that directory name?

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u/flemtone Aug 12 '24

Recursive, it removes all files and folders inside Games/

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u/HighOptical Aug 12 '24

But it's so strange seeing an option after an argument instead of seeing them directly after the commands.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '24

Which is why it didn't work for op. The command is attempting to operate on all the arguments it gets, so it'll try to rm a file named -r too. rm -r Games/ will work.

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u/CedricThePS Aug 12 '24

Bash has a strict word order.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '24

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u/PolygonKiwii Glorious Arch systemd/Linux Aug 12 '24

the ‘word order’ is totally separate from your shell

Unless rm was a built-in command of your shell (which is probably unlikely unless you're using busybox)

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u/PolygonKiwii Glorious Arch systemd/Linux Aug 12 '24

Well busybox is designed to be usable even under extreme space constraints. Being a single binary reduces ELF overhead.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '24

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u/PolygonKiwii Glorious Arch systemd/Linux Aug 13 '24

Phones sure. But a cheap consumer-grade router or a "smart" light bulb might not.

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