[kanchilug] 1D1C - unlink

  • From: Dhanasekar <tkdhanasekar@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: ilugc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, KanchiLUG mailing list <kanchilug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, ilugd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2023 06:00:00 +0530

unlink - is a command-line utility for removing a single file. Call the
unlink function to remove the specified FILE

syntax
$ unlink filename
$ unlink dir_name

To delete symbolic link
$ unlink linkname

$ ll
lrwxrwxrwx  1 dhana dhana   23 Dec  1 10:08 example.txt ->
/home/dhana/example.txt
$ unlink example.txt

To delete symbolic link directory
$ unlink link_dir_name
$ ll
lrwxrwxrwx  1 dhana dhana   18 Dec  1 10:10 Music -> /home/dhana/Music//
$ unlink Music



regards,
T.Dhanasekar

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