RM
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Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: June 2002
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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.
OPTIONS
Remove (unlink) the FILE(s).
- -d, --directory
-
unlink FILE, even if it is a non-empty directory
(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:
-
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-fileutils@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2002 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
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 rm
should give you access to the complete manual.
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- OPTIONS
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- AUTHOR
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- REPORTING BUGS
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- COPYRIGHT
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- SEE ALSO
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