Can I delete this recursive link to my Home directory?

In command line you´ve more power with the following code line

cd ~ && unlink steve

so you´re shure that only the symlink will be deleted and not the complete home path :)


Simply running rm ~/steve is safe:

  1. specifying "~/steve" (not "~/steve/", with a trailing slash) means rm will work directly on the link and not follow it, as it would if you enter "~/steve/".

  2. even if you mistyped "~/steve/", deleting with rm will not delete a directory unless you give it a "-r" option.