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RM(1L)									RM(1L)

NAME
       rm - remove files

SYNOPSIS
       rm  [-dfirvR]  [--directory]  [--force]	[--interactive]	 [--recursive]
       [--help] [--version] [--verbose] name...

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
       -d, --directory
	      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 unrefer‐
	      enced, it is wise to fsck the filesystem after doing this.

       -f, --force
	      Ignore nonexistent files and never prompt the user.

       -i, --interactive
	      Prompt whether to remove each file.  If the  response  does  not
	      begin with `y' or `Y', the file is skipped.

       -r, -R, --recursive
	      Remove the contents of directories recursively.

       -v, --verbose
	      Print the name of each file before removing it.

       --help Print a usage message on standard output and exit successfully.

       --version
	      Print  version information on standard output then exit success‐
	      fully.

FSF			      GNU File Utilities			RM(1L)
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