VLC cannot play rm files by default; you need to install at least Real Alternative codec, and it may work in that way. VLC out of the box can play only RM stream files (audio).

Oct 12, 2009 · I'm looking for a program that can open Real Player files (.ram). Real Player stinks, and I don't want to install it on my computer. Unfortunately, I have to open some .ram files for …

Jun 25, 2011 · Particularly, I want to know what happens when I rm an open file and don't explicitly kill the process holding the file descriptor to that file. Will the file be removed when …

Jun 12, 2015 · $ touch myfile $ chmod 400 myfile $ rm myfile rm: remove write-protected regular empty file `myfile'? So rm will warn you if you try to delete a file you don't have write …

Sep 20, 2016 · What do you mean they give the same result? rm -r emptydir removes that directory, rm -f emptydir does not. These are two completely different command line options, …

Sep 27, 2012 · Then check if directory contains a swap file with the name of the open file and has an extension of .swp. The snippet above follows the same process, but remove all swap files.

Dec 31, 2025 · If I run the rm command outside the while-read loop, it works just fine, so it's not a permission or open file issue. Can anyone explain why the rm command doesn't work inside …

Mar 5, 2024 · "Permission denied" when `rm` ing a file (in an NFS mount), even when using sudo Ask Question Asked 1 year, 9 months ago Modified 1 year, 9 months ago

May 19, 2020 · First, you must check out file system integrity, so create bootable Linux USB drive and boot your machine with one to run as root user the cmd fsck -a /dev/sdXX.

Jan 4, 2016 · 1 I need to delete some files under Linux, but when I try to do so, I always get the same error: rm: cannot remove 'file': No such file or directory. The problem is that the said files …