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RM(1)                            User Commands                           RM(1)
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  --interac-
       tive=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 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
              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[=all]
              do not remove '/' (default); with 'all', reject any command line
              argument on a separate device from its parent
       -r, -R, --recursive
              remove directories and their contents recursively
       -d, --dir
              remove empty directories
       -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 might be possible to
       recover some of its contents, given sufficient expertise  and/or  time.
       For  greater  assurance that the contents are truly unrecoverable, con-
       sider using shred.
AUTHOR
       Written by Paul Rubin, David MacKenzie, Richard M.  Stallman,  and  Jim
       Meyering.
REPORTING BUGS
       GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>;
       Report rm translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>;
COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU
       GPL version 3 or later <https://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)
       Full documentation at: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/rm>;
       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) rm invocation'
GNU coreutils 8.30                 July 2018                             RM(1)