NAME

       rm - manual page for rm 9.1

SYNOPSIS

       rm [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION

       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(1).

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AUTHOR

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

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2022 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.