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says command not found for ubuntu 12.04

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its ubuntu 12.04 typed in sudo rm-rf/var/lib/apt/lists/* said command not found?

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Ubfan (ubfan1) said : 		#1

The command is "rm", not "rm-rf", so put a space before the -rf.
That will delete all the files in the /var/lib/apt/lists directory -- not sure what problems that would cause though.

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Warren Hill (warren-hill) said : 		#2

If you change the command to

sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

It should be recognised. However why do you want to do this? It's a big change to your system. I'm not sure what the implications of this are. I would be very cautious of running this command.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

If you copy and paste commands from guides, rather than trying to retype them manually, you'll have greater success.

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