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 and arguments, 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[=all]
              do  not  remove  '/'  (default); with 'all', reject any command line argument on a separate device
              from its parent

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

       -d, --dir
              remove empty directories

       -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 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.

AUTHOR

       Written by Paul Rubin, David MacKenzie, Richard M. Stallman, and Jim Meyering.

REPORTING BUGS

       GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       Report rm translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright  ©  2018  Free  Software  Foundation,  Inc.   License  GPLv3+:  GNU  GPL  version  3  or  later
       <https://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)

       Full documentation at: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/rm>
       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) rm invocation'

GNU coreutils 8.30                               September 2019                                            RM(1)