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rust-rm(1)

Remove (unlink) the FILE(s)

NAME

rm - Remove (unlink) the FILE(s)

SYNOPSIS

rm [-f|--force] [-i ] [-I ] [--interactive] [--one-file-system] [--no-preserve-root] [--preserve-root] [-r|--recursive] [-d|--dir] [-v|--verbose] [-h|--help] [-V|--version] [files]

DESCRIPTION

Remove (unlink) the FILE(s)

OPTIONS

-f, --force

ignore nonexistent files and arguments, 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 some protection against most mistakes

--interactive=WHEN

prompt according to WHEN: never, once (-I), or always (-i). Without WHEN, prompts 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 (NOT IMPLEMENTED)

--no-preserve-root

do not treat '/' specially

--preserve-root

do not remove '/' (default)

-r, --recursive

remove directories and their contents recursively

-d, --dir

remove empty directories

-v, --verbose

explain what is being done

-h, --help

Print help

-V, --version

Print version

[files]

VERSION

v0.0.30

History

-V since Debian 13 (Trixie); -h since Debian 13 (Trixie).

-R until Debian 12 (Bookworm).