How do you do a dry run of rm to see what files will be deleted?

141 votes

4 answers

92287 views

                          I want to see what files will be deleted when performing an rm in linux.  Most commands seem to have a dry run option to show just such information, but I can't seem to find such an option for rm.  Is this even possible?
                        

Asked by Cory Klein (19341 rep)

Feb 7, 2011, 08:09 PM
Last activity: Jan 1, 2025, 01:51 PM

How do you do a dry run of rm to see what files will be deleted?

Related Questions