I want to delete a text file from Unix machine. I am using the following command for the same.
rm /tmp/filename.txt
It is working fine. After execution it returns nothing.
I want to get some conformation about deletion as follows,
filename.txt deleted successfuly.
Please any one help me on this.
Thanks in advance.
You can use these commands:
rm /tmp/filename.txt && echo "File successfuly deleted"
this will remove the file and then (only if the exit status of command is successful) print the message.
Otherwise, as Venkat said, you can use rm -i that asks for confirmation before deleting the file.
I have used the following to slove my issue.
rm -v /tmp/filename.txt
this will display the message as follows,
removed `/tmp/filename.txt`
you can use option with Unix command please See this link below
The below command prompts you once whether you want to remove the file before deleting it.
rm -i tmp/filename.txt
If the file is unavailable shows you :
cannot remove ‘tmp/filename.txt’: No such file or directory
Hope it helps.
