Linux unlink Command

What is Linux unlink Command?#

In this tutorial we learn how to use unlink command in Linux. unlink command is unlink - call the unlink function to remove the specified file.

unlink Syntax#

unlink FILE
unlink OPTION

unlink Examples#

unlink Command Manual / Help#

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

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

man unlink

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

info unlink

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

unlink --help

Linux unlink Command Source Code#

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

• unlink source code on GitHub
• unlink source code on GNU Savannah cgit
• unlink source code on GNU Savannah gitweb

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 unlink in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.