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RM(1)                            User Commands                           RM(1)



NAME
       rm - remove files or directories

SYNOPSIS
       rm [OPTION]... FILE...

DESCRIPTION
       This  manual page documents the GNU version of rm.  rm removes each specified file.
       By default, it does not remove directories.

       If a file is unwritable, the standard input is a tty, and the -f or --force  option
       is  not given, rm prompts the user for whether to remove the file.  If the response
       does not begin with ‘y’ or ‘Y’, the file is skipped.

OPTIONS
       Remove (unlink) the FILE(s).

       -d, --directory
              unlink FILE, even if it is a  non-empty  directory  (super-user  only;  this
              works only if your system

              supports ‘unlink’ for nonempty directories)

       -f, --force
              ignore nonexistent files, never prompt

       -i, --interactive
              prompt before any removal

       --no-preserve-root do not treat ‘/’ specially (the default)

       --preserve-root
              fail to operate recursively on ‘/’

       -r, -R, --recursive
              remove the contents of directories recursively

       -v, --verbose
              explain what is being done

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

       To remove a file whose name starts with a ‘-’, for example ‘-foo’, use one of these
       commands:

              rm -- -foo

              rm ./-foo

       Note that if you use rm to remove a file, it is usually  possible  to  recover  the
       contents  of  that  file.   If  you want more assurance that the contents are truly
       unrecoverable, consider using shred.

AUTHOR
       Written by Paul Rubin, David MacKenzie, Richard Stallman, and Jim Meyering.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <bug-coreutils AT gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.   There  is  NO  war-
       ranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
       chattr(1), shred(1)

       The  full  documentation for rm is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and
       rm programs are properly installed at your site, the command

              info coreutils rm

       should give you access to the complete manual.



rm (coreutils) 5.2.1               July 2005                             RM(1)

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