Name
rm — stdin stdout - file -- opt --help --version
Synopsis
rm [options
]files
|directories
The rm
(remove) command can
delete files:
➜ rm file1 file2 file3
or recursively delete directories and all their subdirectories:
➜ rm -r dir1 dir2
Useful options
| Interactive mode. Ask before deleting each file. |
| Force the deletion, ignoring any errors or warnings. |
| Recursively remove a
directory and its contents. Use with caution, especially if
combined with the |
[5] A file removed by rm
can theoretically be recovered by an undelete program. To remove
a file more permanently, say, in a high-security environment,
use the srm
command instead.
See man srm
for
details.
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