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- rm - remove files
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- rrrrmmmm [-dfirvR] [--directory] [--force] [--interactive]
- [--recursive] [--help] [--version] [--verbose] name...
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- This documentation is no longer being maintained and may be
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- This manual page documents the GNU version of rrrrmmmm. rrrrmmmm
- removes each specified file. By default, it does not remove
- directories.
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- If a file is unwritable, the standard input is a tty, and
- the -_f or --_f_o_r_c_e option is not given, rrrrmmmm prompts the user
- for whether to remove the file. If the response does not
- begin with `y' or `Y', the file is skipped.
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- GNU rrrrmmmm, 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
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- rm -- -f
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- rm ./-f
- The Unix rrrrmmmm program's use of a single `-' for this purpose
- predates the development of the getopt standard syntax.
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- -_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 unreferenced, it is wise to ffffsssscccckkkk
- the filesystem after doing this.
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- -_f, --_f_o_r_c_e
- Ignore nonexistent files and never prompt the user.
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- -_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.
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- -_r, -_R, --_r_e_c_u_r_s_i_v_e
- Remove the contents of directories recursively.
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- -_v, --_v_e_r_b_o_s_e
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- Print the name of each file before removing it.
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- --_h_e_l_p
- Print a usage message on standard output and exit
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- --_v_e_r_s_i_o_n
- Print version information on standard output then exit
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