rm(1)

     NAME
          rm - remove files

     SYNOPSIS
          rm [-dfirvR] [--directory] [--force] [--interactive]
          [--recursive] [--help] [--version] [--verbose] name...

     DESCRIPTION
          This documentation is no longer being maintained and may be
          inaccurate or incomplete.  The Texinfo documentation is now
          the authoritative source.

          This manual page documents the GNU version of rm.  rm
          removes each specified file.  By default, it does not remove
          directories.

          If a file is unwritable, the standard input is a tty, and
          the -f or --force option is not given, rm prompts the user
          for whether to remove the file.  If the response does not
          begin with `y' or `Y', the file is skipped.

          GNU rm, like every program that uses the getopt function to
          parse its arguments, lets you use the -- option to indicate
          that all following arguments are non-options.  To remove a
          file called `-f' in the current directory, you could type
          either
               rm -- -f
          or
               rm ./-f
          The Unix rm program's use of a single `-' for this purpose
          predates the development of the getopt standard syntax.

        OPTIONS
          -d, --directory
               Remove directories with `unlink' instead of `rmdir',
               and don't require a directory to be empty before trying
               to unlink it.  Only works for the super-user.  Because
               unlinking a directory causes any files in the deleted
               directory to become unreferenced, it is wise to fsck
               the filesystem after doing this.

          -f, --force
               Ignore nonexistent files and never prompt the user.

          -i, --interactive
               Prompt whether to remove each file.  If the response
               does not begin with `y' or `Y', the file is skipped.

          -r, -R, --recursive
               Remove the contents of directories recursively.

          -v, --verbose
               Print the name of each file before removing it.

          --help
               Print a usage message on standard output and exit
               successfully.

          --version
               Print version information on standard output then exit
               successfully.