.TH RM 1 .SH NAME rm \- remove a file .SH SYNOPSIS \fBrm\fR [\fB\-ifrRvx\fR] \fIname\fR ...\fR .br .de FL .TP \\fB\\$1\\fR \\$2 .. .de EX .TP 20 \\fB\\$1\\fR # \\$2 .. .SH OPTIONS .FL "\-i" "Interactive remove: ask before removing" .FL "\-f" "Forced remove: no questions asked" .FL "\-rR" "Remove directories and their contents" .FL "\-v" "Tell what rm is removing" .FL "\-x" "Do not cross device boundaries" .SH EXAMPLES .EX "rm file" "Remove \fIfile\fR" .EX "rm \-i *.c" "Remove \fI.c\fP files, asking about each" .SH DESCRIPTION .PP .I Rm removes one or more files. If a file has no write permission, .I rm asks for permission (type \&'y\&' or \&'n\&') unless \fB\-f\fR is specified. If the file is a directory, it will be recursively descended and removed if and only if the \fB\-R\fR flag is present. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR cp (1), .BR mv (1), .BR rmdir (1), .BR unlink (2), .BR rmdir (2).