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RM(1) General Commands Manual RM(1) NAME rm - remove (unlink) files SYNOPSIS rm [ -fri ] file ... DESCRIPTION Rm removes directory entries. If an entry was the last link to a file, the file is destroyed. If an entry is a directory it is removed only if empty. Removal of a file requires write permission in its direc- tory, but neither read nor write permission on the file itself. If a file lacks write permission and the the standard input is a termi- nal, a query is written to the standard output and a line is read from the standard input. If that line begins with the file is deleted, oth- erwise the file remains. The options are -f (force) Ask no questions about unwritable files and report no errors. -r Recursively delete the entire contents of a directory and the directory itself. -i (interactive) Ask whether to delete each file, and, under -r, whether to examine each directory. If the first character of the response is the answer is yes; otherwise the answer is no. SEE ALSO unlink(2) DIAGNOSTICS It is forbidden to remove the file merely to avoid the antisocial con- sequences of inadvertently doing something like RM(1)