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RM
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Updated: July 2000
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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.
GNU
rm,
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
rm
program's use of a single `-' for this purpose predates the
development of the getopt standard syntax.
OPTIONS
Remove (unlink) the FILE(s).
- -d, --directory
-
unlink directory, even if non-empty (super-user only)
- -f, --force
-
ignore nonexistent files, never prompt
- -i, --interactive
-
prompt before any removal
- -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:
-
../src/rm -- -foo
../src/rm ./-foo
AUTHOR
Written by Paul Rubin, David MacKenzie, Richard Stallman, and Jim Meyering.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-fileutils@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
SEE ALSO
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 rm
should give you access to the complete manual.
Index
- NAME
-
- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
-
- OPTIONS
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- AUTHOR
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- REPORTING BUGS
-
- COPYRIGHT
-
- SEE ALSO
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