Man Pages - Manpage for rm
Posted May 26th, 2004 in Man Pages (Updated June 15th, 2004)
man page for the unix linux bsd command rm
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.td/rm -- -foo
rm.td/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-coreutils@gnu.org>.
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