rm

 

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 RM(1)                          FSF                          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 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
 
        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 unrecover­
        able, 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 © 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
        This  is  free  software;  see  the  source  for   copying
        conditions.   There  is  NO  warranty;  not  even for MER­
        CHANTABILITY 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.
 
 
 
 rm (fileutils) 4.1          April 2001                      RM(1)

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