rm
(1)remove files or directories
Options
12-f--forceignore nonexistent files and arguments, never prompt
-iprompt before every removal
-Iprompt once before removing more than three files, or when removing recursively; less intrusive than -i, while still giving protection against most mistakes
--interactiveWHENprompt according to WHEN: never, once (-I), or always (-i); without WHEN, prompt always
--one-file-systemwhen removing a hierarchy recursively, skip any directory that is on a file system different from that of the corresponding command line argument
--no-preserve-rootdo not treat '/' specially
--preserve-rootalldo not remove '/' (default); with 'all', reject any command line argument on a separate device from its parent
-r-R--recursiveremove directories and their contents recursively
-d--dirremove empty directories
-v--verboseexplain what is being done
--helpdisplay this help and exit
--versionoutput version information and exit
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.
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