RM(1)

NAME
       rm - remove files

SYNOPSIS
       rm   [-dfirvR]   [--directory]  [--force]  [--interactive]
       [--recursive] [--help] [--version] [--verbose] name...

DESCRIPTION
       This documentation is no longer being maintained  and  may
       be inaccurate or incomplete.  The Texinfo documentation is
       now the authoritative source.

       This manual page documents the  GNU  version  of  rm.   rm
       removes  each  specified  file.   By  default, it does not
       remove directories.

       If a file is unwritable, the standard input is a tty,  and
       the -f or --force option is not given, rm prompts the user
       for whether to remove the file.  If the response does  not
       begin with `y' or `Y', the file is skipped.

       GNU  rm,  like every program that uses the getopt function
       to parse its arguments, lets you  use  the  --  option  to
       indicate that all following arguments are non-options.  To
       remove a file called `-f' in the  current  directory,  you
       could type either
              rm -- -f
       or
              rm ./-f
       The Unix rm program's use of a single `-' for this purpose
       predates the development of the getopt standard syntax.

   OPTIONS
       -d, --directory
              Remove  directories  with   `unlink'   instead   of
              `rmdir',  and don't require a directory to be empty
              before trying to unlink it.   Only  works  for  the
              super-user.   Because  unlinking a directory causes
              any files in the deleted directory to become unref-
              erenced,  it  is  wise to fsck the filesystem after
              doing this.

       -f, --force
              Ignore nonexistent files and never prompt the user.

       -i, --interactive
              Prompt   whether  to  remove  each  file.   If  the
              response does not begin with `y' or `Y',  the  file
              is skipped.

       -r, -R, --recursive
              Remove the contents of directories recursively.

       -v, --verbose
              Print the name of each file before removing it.

       --help Print  a  usage message on standard output and exit
              successfully.

       --version
              Print version information on standard  output  then
              exit successfully.