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NAME
rm - remove (unlink) files
SYNOPSIS
rm [ -f ] [ -r ] name ...
DESCRIPTION
Rm removes the entries for one or more files from a
directory. If an entry was the last link to the file, the
file is destroyed. Removal of a file requires write
permission in its directory, but neither read nor write
permission on the file itself.
If there is no write permission to a file designated to be
removed, rm will print the file name, its mode and then read
a line from the standard input. If the line begins with y,
the file is removed, otherwise it is not. The optional
argument -f prevents this interaction.
If a designated file is a directory, an error comment is
printed unless the optional argument -r has been used. In
that case, rm recursively deletes the entire contents of the
specified directory. To remove directories per se see
rmdir(I).
FILES
/etc/glob to implement the -r flag
SEE ALSO
rmdir(I)
BUGS
When rm removes the contents of a directory under the -r
flag, full pathnames are not printed in diagnostics.