Linux ipcrm Command

What is Linux ipcrm Command?#

In this tutorial we learn how to use ipcrm command in Linux. ipcrm command is ipcrm - remove certain IPC resources.

ipcrm Syntax#

ipcrm [options]
ipcrm {shm|msg|sem} id...

In its first Linux implementation, ipcrm used the deprecated syntax shown in the second line of the SYNOPSIS. Functionality present in other *nix implementations of ipcrm has since been added, The ipcrm command is part of the util-linux package and is available from Linux Kernel Archive ⟨https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/⟩.

ipcrm Examples#

ipcrm Command Manual / Help#

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of ipcrm command. ipcrm command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for ipcrm command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man ipcrm

To open info page for ipcrm command we can use command below.

info ipcrm

To open help page from ipcrm command we can run command below.

ipcrm --help

Linux ipcrm Command Source Code#

You can find ipcrm command source code from the folowing repositories:

• ipcrm source code on GitHub
• util-linux releases on kernel.org

Related Linux Commands#

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

• Linux w Command
• Linux id Command
• Linux who Command

Summary#

In this tutorial we learn how to use ipcrm in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.