rmz

rm zippy

A zippy alternative to rm, a tool to remove files and directories.

Installation

Use prebuilt binaries

Binaries for a number of platforms are available on the release page.

Build from source

$ cargo install rmz

To install cargo, follow these instructions.

Build with a progress indicator

By default, no progress is shown to maximize performance—if a visual indicator of activity is preferred, the binary can be installed with the progress feature.

$ cargo install rmz --features progress

Usage

Background: https://github.com/SUPERCILEX/fuc/blob/master/README.md

Delete a file:

$ rmz foo

Delete a directory:

$ rmz dir

Ignore non-existent files:

$ rmz -f non-existent

More details:

$ rmz --help
A zippy alternative to `rm`, a tool to remove files and directories

Usage: rmz[EXE] [OPTIONS] <FILES>...

Arguments:
  <FILES>...
          The files and/or directories to be removed

Options:
  -f, --force
          Ignore non-existent arguments

      --no-preserve-root
          Allow deletion of `/`

  -h, --help
          Print help (use `-h` for a summary)

  -V, --version
          Print version