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app rmz

Fast rm provides an alternative to rm that focuses on maximizing performance

16 stable releases

2.2.0 Jul 1, 2024
2.0.0 Jan 10, 2024
1.1.10 Dec 10, 2023
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rm zippy

Crates.io

A zippy alternative to rm, a tool to remove files and directories.

Installation

Use prebuilt binaries

Binaries for a number of platforms are available on the release page.

Build from source

$ cargo install rmz

To install cargo, follow these instructions.

Usage

Background: https://github.com/SUPERCILEX/fuc/blob/master/README.md

Delete a file:

$ rmz foo

Delete a directory:

$ rmz dir

Ignore non-existent files:

$ rmz -f non-existent

More details:

$ rmz --help
A zippy alternative to `rm`, a tool to remove files and directories

Usage: rmz[EXE] [OPTIONS] <FILES>...

Arguments:
  <FILES>...
          The files and/or directories to be removed

Options:
  -f, --force
          Ignore non-existent arguments

      --no-preserve-root
          Allow deletion of `/`

  -h, --help
          Print help (use `-h` for a summary)

  -V, --version
          Print version

Dependencies

~3–32MB
~506K SLoC