rm - rm
NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION Arguments: OPTIONSNAME
rm − rm
SYNOPSIS
rm [OPTION]... FILE...
DESCRIPTION
Remove (unlink) the FILE(s)
Arguments:
[files]...
OPTIONS
−f, −−force
ignore nonexistent files and arguments, never prompt
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−i |
prompt before every removal | ||
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−I |
prompt once before removing more than three files, or when removing recursively. Less intrusive than −i, while still giving some protection against most mistakes |
−−interactive[=<WHEN>]
prompt according to WHEN: never, once (−I), or always (−i). Without WHEN, prompts always [possible values: always, once, never]
−−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 (NOT IMPLEMENTED)
−−no−preserve−root
do not treat ’/’ specially
−−preserve−root
do not remove ’/’ (default)
−r, −−recursive
remove directories and their contents recursively [aliases: −R]
−d, −−dir
remove empty directories
−v, −−verbose
explain what is being done
−g, −−progress
display a progress bar. Note: this feature is not supported by GNU coreutils.
−h, −−help
Print help
−V, −−version
Print version
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 commands: rm −− −foo
rm ./−foo
Note that if you use rm to remove a file, it might be possible to recover some of its contents, given sufficient expertise and/or time. For greater assurance that the contents are truly unrecoverable, consider using shred.