The unlink command is similar to the rm command, but can only remove one file at a time and cannot remove directories.
Syntax
The syntax of the unlink command is as follows:
$ unlink filename $ unlink option
Options
unlink command only has 2 optiosn as follows:
- –help: Print help information and exit.
- –version: Print version information and exit.
If you encounter the below error while running the unlink command:
unlink: command not found
you may try installing the below package as per your choice of distribution:
| Distribution | Command |
|---|---|
| OS X | brew install coreutils |
| Debian | apt-get install coreutils |
| Ubuntu | apt-get install coreutils |
| Alpine | apk add coreutils |
| Arch Linux | pacman -S coreutils |
| Kali Linux | apt-get install coreutils |
| CentOS | yum install coreutils |
| Fedora | dnf install coreutils |
| Raspbian | apt-get install coreutils |