When i type in the commands, this is the outcome. It's pointing to some list. But where is this list existing ? I mean, which part of my system ? (retrofed.com)

submitted 3 days ago by LoveEspresso@retrofed.com to c/explainlikeimfive@lemmy.world

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[-] Legianus@programming.dev 4 points 3 days ago

If they are empty, I would just delete them with rm -r Odin and do the same for Projects, otherwise you coul d for instance move all content of Projects to Odin with mv Projects/* Odin and then rename Odin with the same command mv Odin 'Odin Projects' and then delete the remaining Projects folder

[-] LoveEspresso@retrofed.com 1 points 3 days ago

I 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.

[-] LoveEspresso@retrofed.com 1 points 3 days ago

What does this mean ??

[-] graycube@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

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.