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rm help output on linux
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[20111111-03.57.53]$ rm --help | |
Usage: rm [OPTION]... FILE... | |
Remove (unlink) the FILE(s). | |
-f, --force ignore nonexistent files, 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 do not remove `/' (default) | |
-r, -R, --recursive remove directories and their contents recursively | |
-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 is usually possible to recover | |
the contents of that file. If you want more assurance that the contents are | |
truly unrecoverable, consider using shred. | |
Report rm bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org | |
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> | |
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/> | |
Report rm translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/> |
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