Powershell Command: rm -rf
PowerShell isn't UNIX. rm -rf is UNIX shell code, not PowerShell scripting.
- This is the documentation for
rm(short forRemove-Item) on PowerShell. - This is the documentation for
rmon UNIX.
See the difference?
On UNIX, rm -rf alone is invalid. You told it what to do via rm for remove with the attributes r for recursive and f for force, but you didn't tell it what that action should be done on. rm -rf /path/to/delete/ means rm (remove) with attributes r (recursive) and f (force) on the directory /path/to/remove/ and its sub-directories.
The correct, equivalent command on PowerShell would be:
rm C:\path\to\delete -r -foNote that -f in PowerShell is ambiguous for -Filter and -Force and thus -fo needs to be used.
You have to use:
Remove-Item C:\tmp -Recurse -Forceor (short)
rm C:\tmp -Recurse -Force