1RM(1)                       General Commands Manual                      RM(1)
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NAME

6       rm, rmdir  - remove (unlink) files or directories
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SYNOPSIS

9       rm [ -f ] [ -r ] [ -i ] [ - ] file ...
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DESCRIPTION

14       Rm  removes  the entries for one or more files from a directory.  If an
15       entry was the last link to the file, the file is destroyed.  Removal of
16       a file requires write permission in its directory, but neither read nor
17       write permission on the file itself.
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19       If a file has no write permission and the standard input is a terminal,
20       its permissions are printed and a line is read from the standard input.
21       If that line begins with `y' the file is deleted,  otherwise  the  file
22       remains.  No questions are asked and no errors are reported when the -f
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25       If a designated file is a directory, an error comment is printed unless
26       the  optional  argument -r has been used.  In that case, rm recursively
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30       If  the -i (interactive) option is in effect, rm asks whether to delete
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33       The null option - indicates that all the arguments following it are  to
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SEE ALSO

40       rm(1), unlink(2), rmdir(2)
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444th Berkeley Distribution       April 29, 1985                           RM(1)