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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 the -I or --interactive=once option is given, and there are more than  three  files  or
       the -r, -R, or --recursive are given, then rm prompts the user for whether to proceed with
       the entire operation.  If the response is not affirmative, the entire command is  aborted.

       Otherwise,  if  a  file is unwritable, standard input is a terminal, and the -f or --force
       option is not given, or the -i or --interactive=always option is  given,  rm  prompts  the
       user  for  whether  to  remove  the file.  If the response is not affirmative, the file is
       skipped.

OPTIONS
       Remove (unlink) the FILE(s).

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

       -i     prompt before every removal

       -I     prompt once before removing more than three files, or  when  removing  recursively.
              Less intrusive than -i, while still giving protection against most mistakes

       --interactive[=WHEN]
              prompt  according  to WHEN: never, once (-I), or always (-i).  Without WHEN, prompt
              always

       --one-file-system
              when removing a hierarchy recursively, skip any directory that is on a file  system
              different from that of the corresponding command line argument

       --no-preserve-root
              do not treat `/' specially

       --preserve-root
              do not remove `/' (default)

       -r, -R, --recursive
              remove directories and their contents recursively

       -v, --verbose
              explain what is being done

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

       By  default,  rm  does  not  remove directories.  Use the --recursive (-r or -R) option to
       remove each listed directory, too, along with all of its contents.

       To remove a file whose name starts with a `-', for example `-foo', use one of  these  com-
       mands:

              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,  con-
       sider 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  (C)  2008  Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or
       later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO  WARRANTY,
       to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
       unlink(1), unlink(2), chattr(1), shred(1)

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

              info rm

       should give you access to the complete manual.



GNU coreutils 6.9.92.4-f088d-dirty         January 2008                                     RM(1)

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