NAME
rm - Remove (unlink) the FILE(s)
SYNOPSIS
rm [OPTION]... FILE...
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
Possible values:
- •
-
always
- •
-
once
- •
-
never
- --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[=<all>]
-
do not remove '/' (default); with 'all', reject any command line argument on a separate device from its parent
Possible values:
- •
-
all
- -r, --recursive
-
remove directories and their contents recursively
- -d, --dir
-
remove empty directories
- -v, --verbose
-
explain what is being done
- -g, --progress
-
display a progress bar. Note: this feature is not supported by GNU coreutils.
- -h, --help
-
Print help
- -V, --version
-
Print version
- [files]
EXTRA
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 might be possible to recover some of its contents, given sufficient expertise and/or time. For greater assurance that the contents are truly unrecoverable, consider using shred.
VERSION
v(uutils coreutils) 0.12.0