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		code_duck on Jan 2, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What's your speciality, and what's your "F... It's supposed to be recursive. That would only delete the files in the current directory, not subdirectories as well.

presidentender on Jan 2, 2014 [–]

-r is the 'recursive' flag.

aaronem on Jan 2, 2014 | [–]

Yes, but it doesn't do what you think it does. Feel free to try it for yourself if you don't believe me.

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