How to remove a symbolic link and the file it targets


ls -al NameOfFile | awk ‘{print “rm “$9”; rm “$11}’

The above command will show you what is to be removed

ls -al NameOfFile | awk ‘{print “rm “$9”; rm “$11}’ | sh -x

Piping the output into sh -x will execute the commands and remove both the source and the target. Be certian you want to do this!

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