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1 .TH RM 1
2 .SH NAME
3 rm \- remove files
4 .SH SYNOPSIS
5 .B rm
6 [
7 .B -fr
8 ]
9 .I file ...
10 .SH DESCRIPTION
11 .I Rm
12 removes files or directories.
13 A directory is removed only if it is empty.
14 Removal of a file requires write permission in its directory,
15 but neither read nor write permission on the file itself.
16 The options are
17 .TP
18 .B -f
19 Don't report files that can't be removed.
20 .TP
21 .B -r
22 Recursively delete the
23 entire contents of a directory
24 and the directory itself.
25 .SH SOURCE
26 .B \*9/src/cmd/rm.c
27 .SH "SEE ALSO"
28 .MR remove (3)