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RM(1L) RM(1L)
NNAAMMEE
rm - remove files
SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
rrmm [-dfirvR] [--directory] [--force] [--interactive]
[--recursive] [--help] [--version] [--verbose] path...
DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
This manual page documents the GNU version of rrmm. rrmm
removes each given file. By default, it does not remove
directories.
If a file is unwritable, the standard input is a tty, and
the _-_f or _-_-_f_o_r_c_e option is not given, rrmm prompts the user
for whether to remove the file. If the response does not
begin with `y' or `Y', the file is skipped.
GNU rrmm, like every program that uses the getopt function
to parse its arguments, lets you use the _-_- option to
indicate that all following arguments are non-options. To
remove a file called `-f' in the current directory, you
could type either
rm -- -f
or
rm ./-f
The Unix rrmm program's use of a single `-' for this purpose
predates the development of the getopt standard syntax.
OOPPTTIIOONNSS
_-_d_, _-_-_d_i_r_e_c_t_o_r_y
Remove directories with `unlink' instead of
`rmdir', and don't require a directory to be empty
before trying to unlink it. Only works for the
super-user. Because unlinking a directory causes
any files in the deleted directory to become unref-
erenced, it is wise to ffsscckk the filesystem after
doing this.
_-_f_, _-_-_f_o_r_c_e
Ignore nonexistent files and never prompt the user.
_-_i_, _-_-_i_n_t_e_r_a_c_t_i_v_e
Prompt whether to remove each file. If the
response does not begin with `y' or `Y', the file
is skipped.
_-_r_, _-_R_, _-_-_r_e_c_u_r_s_i_v_e
Remove the contents of directories recursively.
_-_v_, _-_-_v_e_r_b_o_s_e
Print the name of each file before removing it.
_-_-_h_e_l_p Print a usage message and exit with a non-zero sta-
tus.
FSF GNU File Utilities 1
RM(1L) RM(1L)
_-_-_v_e_r_s_i_o_n
Print version information on standard error then
exit.
FSF GNU File Utilities 2