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rm -- Command Remove files rm [ -firtv ] file ... rm removes each file. If no other links exist, rm frees the data blocks associated with the file. To remove a file, a user must have write and execute permission on the directory in which the file resides, and must also have write permission on the file itself. The force option -f forces the file to be removed if the user does not have write permission on the file itself. It suppresses all error messages and prompts. The interactive option -i tells rm to prompt for permission to delete each file. The recursive removal option -r causes rm to descend into every directory, search for and delete files, and descend further into subdirectories. Directories are removed if the directory is empty, is not the current directory, and is not the root directory. The test option -t performs all access testing but removes no files. The verbose option -v tells rm to print each file rm and the action taken. In conjunction with the -t option, this allows the extent of possible damage to be previewed. See Also commands, ln, rmdir Notes Absence of delete permission in parent directories is reported with the message file: permission denied. Write protection is not inherited by subdirectories; they must be protected individually. Note that unlike the similarly named command under MS-DOS, COHERENT's version of rm will not prompt you if you request a mass deletion. Thus, the command rm * will silently and immediately delete all files in the current directory. Caveat utilitor!
