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You're absolutely right. That's the command i had typed precisely.
Now how to merge the two folders into one ??
I am learning the command line actually.
If they are empty, I would just delete them with
rm -r Odinand do the same for Projects, otherwise you coul d for instance move all content of Projects to Odin withmv Projects/* Odinand then rename Odin with the same commandmv Odin 'Odin Projects'and then delete the remaining Projects folderI removed the two folders using the command that you've taught me, but when i am trying to remove yet another folder, this is what it's showing.
What does this mean ??
Files have a concept of ownership and have permissions on them. Some permissions can stop you from deleting them. If you own the file you can add a "-f" option to the rm to force it to delete. You can also change the permissions and ownership on files.
Thanks. That makes two different rm commands.