Linux unlink command
Updated: 05/04/2019 by Computer Hope
On Unix-like operating systems, the unlink command calls and directly interfaces with the unlink system function, which removes a specified file.
This page covers the GNU/Linux version of unlink.
Syntax
unlink FILE
unlink OPTION
Options
| --help | Display a help message and exit. |
| --version | Output version information and exit. |
Examples
unlink hope.txt
Removes the file name hope.txt, and if there is no other hard link to the file data, the file data itself is removed from the system.
Related commands
link — Create a hard link to a regular file.