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2 !!!RM
3 NAME
4 SYNOPSIS
5 DESCRIPTION
6 OPTIONS
7 AUTHOR
8 REPORTING BUGS
9 COPYRIGHT
10 SEE ALSO
3 JaredWigmore 11 AddToMe:User Submitted Notes[1]
1 perry 12 ----
13 !!NAME
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16 rm - remove files or directories
17 !!SYNOPSIS
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20 __rm__ [[''OPTION'']... ''FILE''...
21 !!DESCRIPTION
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24 This manual page documents the GNU version of __rm__.
25 __rm__ removes each specified file. By default, it does
26 not remove directories.
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29 If a file is unwritable, the standard input is a tty, and
30 the ''-f'' or ''--force'' option is not given,
31 __rm__ prompts the user for whether to remove the file.
32 If the response does not begin with `y' or `Y', the file is
33 skipped.
34 !!OPTIONS
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37 Remove (unlink) the FILE(s).
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40 __-d__, __--directory__
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43 attempt to unlink target, even if non-empty (super-user
44 only)
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47 __-f__, __--force__
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50 ignore nonexistent files, never prompt
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53 __-i__, __--interactive__
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56 prompt before any removal
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59 __-r__, __-R__, __--recursive__
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62 remove the contents of directories recursively
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65 __-v__, __--verbose__
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68 explain what is being done
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71 __--help__
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74 display this help and exit
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77 __--version__
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80 output version information and exit
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83 To remove a file whose name starts with a `-', for example
84 `-foo', use one of these commands:
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87 ../src/rm __-- -foo__
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90 ../src/rm ./-foo
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93 Note that if you use rm to remove a file, it is usually
3 JaredWigmore 94 possible to recover the contents of that file[1]. If you want
1 perry 95 more assurance that the contents are truly unrecoverable,
96 consider using shred.
97 !!AUTHOR
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2 perry 100 Written by Paul Rubin, David !MacKenzie, Richard Stallman,
1 perry 101 and Jim Meyering.
102 !!REPORTING BUGS
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105 Report bugs to
106 !!COPYRIGHT
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109 Copyright 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
110 This is free software; see the source for copying
111 conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for
112 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
113 PURPOSE.
114 !!SEE ALSO
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3 JaredWigmore 117 shred(1) NewUserTips
1 perry 118
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120 The full documentation for __rm__ is maintained as a
121 Texinfo manual. If the __info__ and __rm__ programs
122 are properly installed at your site, the
123 command
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126 __info rm__
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129 should give you access to the complete manual.
130 ----
3 JaredWigmore 131 !!User Submitted Notes
132 [1] Using direct access to the block device as root. AddToMe. --JaredWigmore
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