Delete Text Documents on Ubuntu For Free

With the command ?rm? followed by a file name, you can easily delete single files in Linux.

Permanently delete a file Select the item you want to delete. Press and hold the Shift key, then press the Delete key on your keyboard. Because you cannot undo this, you will be asked to confirm that you want to delete the file or folder.

To delete a file, use the following command: del "<filename>" . For example, to delete Test file.txt , just run del "Test File.txt" . There may be a prompt asking if you want to delete the file. If so, type "y" and hit enter.

Txt, we remove its file extension by performing the following steps. Right-click the file (not the shortcut). Select Rename in the menu. Erase the . txt from myfile. txt and press Enter . Click Yes on the warning about the file becoming unusable if you're sure you want to delete the file name extension.

Ctrl+A ? move to the beginning of a line. Ctrl+E ? move to the end of a line. Alt+B ? move one word back in the line (to the previous space) Alt+F ? move one word forward in the line (the next space) Ctrl+K ? delete everything from the cursor to the end of the line. Alt+D ? delete from the cursor to the next word.

Deleting files (rm command) To delete the file named myfile, type the following: rm myfile. To delete all the files in the mydir directory, one by one, type the following: rm -i mydir/* After each file name displays, type y and press Enter to delete the file. Or to keep the file, just press Enter.

After entering into command mode, type `:%d` (colon followed by percent sign and d) which instructs Vim/VI to delete all lines of text within the document instantaneously without confirmation prompt. Save changes and exit the editor.