| 1 | .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.35.
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| 2 | .TH RM "1" "February 2006" "rm 5.94" "User Commands"
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| 3 | .SH NAME
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| 4 | rm \- remove files or directories
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| 5 | .SH SYNOPSIS
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| 6 | .B rm
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| 7 | [\fIOPTION\fR]... \fIFILE\fR...
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| 8 | .SH DESCRIPTION
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| 9 | This manual page
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| 10 | documents the GNU version of
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| 11 | .BR rm .
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| 12 | .B rm
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| 13 | removes each specified file. By default, it does not remove
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| 14 | directories.
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| 15 | .P
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| 16 | If a file is unwritable, the standard input is a tty, and
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| 17 | the \fI\-f\fR or \fI\-\-force\fR option is not given,
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| 18 | .B rm
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| 19 | prompts the user for whether to remove the file. If the response
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| 20 | is not affirmative, the file is skipped.
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| 21 | .SH OPTIONS
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| 22 | .PP
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| 23 | Remove (unlink) the FILE(s).
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| 24 | .TP
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| 25 | \fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-directory\fR
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| 26 | unlink FILE, even if it is a non\-empty directory
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| 27 | (super\-user only; this works only if your system
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| 28 | .IP
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| 29 | supports `unlink' for nonempty directories)
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| 30 | .TP
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| 31 | \fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-force\fR
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| 32 | ignore nonexistent files, never prompt
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| 33 | .TP
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| 34 | \fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-interactive\fR
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| 35 | prompt before any removal
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| 36 | .HP
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| 37 | \fB\-\-no\-preserve\-root\fR do not treat `/' specially (the default)
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| 38 | .TP
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| 39 | \fB\-\-preserve\-root\fR
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| 40 | fail to operate recursively on `/'
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| 41 | .TP
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| 42 | \fB\-r\fR, \fB\-R\fR, \fB\-\-recursive\fR
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| 43 | remove directories and their contents recursively
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| 44 | .TP
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| 45 | \fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
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| 46 | explain what is being done
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| 47 | .TP
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| 48 | \fB\-\-help\fR
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| 49 | display this help and exit
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| 50 | .TP
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| 51 | \fB\-\-version\fR
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| 52 | output version information and exit
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| 53 | .PP
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| 54 | By default, rm does not remove directories. Use the \fB\-\-recursive\fR (\fB\-r\fR or \fB\-R\fR)
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| 55 | option to remove each listed directory, too, along with all of its contents.
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| 56 | .PP
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| 57 | To remove a file whose name starts with a `\-', for example `\-foo',
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| 58 | use one of these commands:
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| 59 | .IP
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| 60 | rm \fB\-\-\fR \fB\-foo\fR
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| 61 | .IP
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| 62 | rm ./\-foo
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| 63 | .PP
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| 64 | Note that if you use rm to remove a file, it is usually possible to recover
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| 65 | the contents of that file. If you want more assurance that the contents are
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| 66 | truly unrecoverable, consider using shred.
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| 67 | .SH AUTHOR
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| 68 | Written by Paul Rubin, David MacKenzie, Richard Stallman, and Jim Meyering.
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| 69 | .SH "REPORTING BUGS"
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| 70 | Report bugs to <bug\[email protected]>.
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| 71 | .SH COPYRIGHT
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| 72 | Copyright \(co 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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| 73 | .br
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| 74 | This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
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| 75 | the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
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| 76 | There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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| 77 | .SH "SEE ALSO"
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| 78 | chattr(1), shred(1)
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| 79 | .PP
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| 80 | The full documentation for
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| 81 | .B rm
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| 82 | is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
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| 83 | .B info
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| 84 | and
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| 85 | .B rm
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| 86 | programs are properly installed at your site, the command
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| 87 | .IP
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| 88 | .B info rm
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| 89 | .PP
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| 90 | should give you access to the complete manual.
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