• NAME
  
  rm - remove files or directories
• SYNOPSIS
  
  rm [OPTION]... FILE...
• DESCRIPTION
  
  This manual page documents the GNU version of rm . rm removes each specified file.  By default, it does not remove directories. If the -I or --interactive=once option is given, and there are more than three files or the -r, -R, or --recursive are given, then rm prompts the user for whether to proceed with the entire operation.  If the response is not affirmative, the entire command is aborted. Otherwise, if a file is unwritable, standard input is a terminal, and the -f or --force option is not given, or the -i or --interactive=always option is given, rm prompts the user for whether to remove the file.  If the response is not affirmative, the file is skipped.
• OPTIONS
  
  
  
  Remove (unlink) the FILE(s).

  -f, --force

  ignore nonexistent files, never prompt

  -i

  prompt before every removal

  -I

  prompt once before removing more than three files, or when removing recursively.  Less intrusive than -i, while still giving protection against most mistakes

  --interactive[=WHEN]

  prompt according to WHEN: never, once (-I), or always (-i).  Without WHEN, prompt always

  --one-file-system

  when removing a hierarchy recursively, skip any directory that is on a file system different from that of the corresponding command line argument

  --no-preserve-root

  do not treat `/' specially

  --preserve-root

  do not remove `/' (default)

  -r, -R, --recursive

  remove directories and their contents recursively

  -v, --verbose

  explain what is being done

  --help

  display this help and exit

  --version

  output version information and exit
  
  By default, rm does not remove directories.  Use the --recursive (-r or -R) option to remove each listed directory, too, along with all of its contents.
  
  To remove a file whose name starts with a `-', for example `-foo', use one of these commands: rm -- -foo rm ./-foo
  
  Note that if you use rm to remove a file, it is usually possible to recover the contents of that file.  If you want more assurance that the contents are truly unrecoverable, consider using shred.

• AUTHOR
  
  Written by Paul Rubin, David MacKenzie, Richard M. Stallman, and Jim Meyering.
• REPORTING BUGS
  
  Report rm bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
  GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
  General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
• COPYRIGHT
  
  Copyright © 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
  This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
• SEE ALSO
  
  unlink(1) , unlink(2) , chattr(1) , shred(1)
  
  The full documentation for rm is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and rm programs are properly installed at your site, the command info coreutils (aqrm invocation(aq
  
  should give you access to the complete manual.

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