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RM(1) USER COMMANDS RM(1)
NAME
rm - remove files or directories
SYNOPSIS
rm [-r] [-s] [-t] [-] _n_a_m_e ...
DESCRIPTION
_r_m removes files and/or directories. Read-only files are
specially treated, since DOS's _u_n_l_i_n_k function won't work on
them. If such a file is encountered, _r_m prompts the user to
confirm the removal, and if confirmed, uses _c_h_m_o_d to make
the file _u_n_l_i_n_kable. See the -f option.
OPTIONS
- Treat all following arguments as filenames so that one
can specify filenames starting with a "-".
-f Force deletion of read-only files. _r_m assumes the con-
firmation normally requested is given.
-r Recursively delete the contents of a directory, its
subdirectories, and the directory itself. _r_m will not
remove any directories without -r.
-s Ask whether to delete each file, and, under -r, whether
to examine each directory. Sometimes called the
_s_e_l_e_c_t_i_v_e option.
-t Test the command. Lists the files (and directories)
that _r_m would have attempted to remove, without attemp-
ting to remove them.
WARNING
It is forbidden to remove the files ".." and "." to avoid
the antisocial consequences of inadvertently doing something
like "rm -r .*".