Linux – Remove file without asking

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How can I remove a file without asking the user if he agrees to delete the file? I am writing shell script and use rm function, but it asks "remove regular file?" and I really don't need this.

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You might have rm aliased to rm -i so try this:

/bin/rm -f file.log

To see your aliases you can run alias.

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Use output redirection

echo '<fruit>'    > foo.xml   # overwrites
echo ' <apple />' >> foo.xml  # appends
echo '</fruit>    >> foo.xml  # appends

Or use a "here document"

cat <<EndXML > foo.xml
<fruit>
 <apple />
</fruit>
EndXML

Better yet is to use a scripting/programming language that has support for XML. I like Perl and XML::LibXML but you may prefer something else.

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cat <<"TAGTEXTFILE" > sometext.txt
... some text ...
TAGTEXTFILE

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