Timeline for Deleting files after booting from a USB drive
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| Apr 23, 2015 at 19:09 | history | edited | jasonwryan | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Formatting |
| Apr 23, 2015 at 18:41 | vote | accept | Robin Shaw | ||
| Apr 23, 2015 at 18:34 | comment | added | Robin Shaw | That worked, thank you so much for persevering and for guiding me with simple steps for a numpty, I now need to see if the laptop will boot properly. :-)) | |
| Apr 23, 2015 at 18:28 | comment | added | Ankit Khandelwal | That is because you are not the owner of the file and does not have the permission to do so. You can try to change the permission of the file by using the command as a root user or a sudo user . To become a root user you can use the command 'sudo -s' and then 'chmod a+x filename' to change the permission of the file. Now use the rm command to delete the file | |
| Apr 23, 2015 at 18:24 | comment | added | Robin Shaw | I then get cannot remove 'The Prestige.avi' : Permission denied | |
| Apr 23, 2015 at 18:19 | comment | added | Ankit Khandelwal | If there is a space between the file name in itself then use tab key to complete the name automatically while typing or use the \ as rm -f The\ prestige.avi | |
| Apr 23, 2015 at 18:17 | comment | added | Ankit Khandelwal | Use the ; and then enter to get out of that situation or use ctrl+d either | |
| Apr 23, 2015 at 18:12 | comment | added | Robin Shaw | I got there, and ls confirmed the file names to delete, I typed rm -f The Prestige.avi and nothing happens. I just get the cursor flashing after > | |
| Apr 23, 2015 at 18:02 | history | edited | Ankit Khandelwal | CC BY-SA 3.0 | added 112 characters in body |
| Apr 23, 2015 at 17:59 | review | First posts | |||
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| Apr 23, 2015 at 17:57 | history | answered | Ankit Khandelwal | CC BY-SA 3.0 |