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1.1     ! root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California.
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        !            18: .\"     @(#)rm.1       6.4 (Berkeley) 7/24/90
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        !            20: .Dd July 24, 1990
        !            21: .Dt RM 1
        !            22: .Os BSD 4.4
        !            23: .Sh NAME
        !            24: .Nm rm
        !            25: .Nd Remove directory entries.
        !            26: .Sh SYNOPSIS
        !            27: .Nm rm
        !            28: .Op Fl f Li \&| Fl i
        !            29: .Op Fl Rr
        !            30: .Ar file ...
        !            31: .Sh DESCRIPTION
        !            32: The rm utility removes the directory entry specified by each
        !            33: file argument.
        !            34: .Pp
        !            35: The following options are available:
        !            36: .Tw 8n
        !            37: .Tp Fl f
        !            38: Force each specified directory entry to be removed
        !            39: without prompting for confirmation, regardless of
        !            40: the permissions of the file to which it refers.
        !            41: Suppress diagnostic messages regarding non-existent
        !            42: operands.
        !            43: .Tp Fl i
        !            44: Write a prompt to the standard error output
        !            45: requesting confirmation before removing each existing
        !            46: directory entry, regardless of the permissions
        !            47: of the file to which it refers.
        !            48: .Tp Fl R
        !            49: Permit directories to be removed (recursively).
        !            50: .Pp
        !            51: .Tp Fl r
        !            52: Equivalent to
        !            53: .Fl R .
        !            54: .Tp
        !            55: .Pp
        !            56: The following argument is available:
        !            57: .Tw Fl
        !            58: .Tp Ar file
        !            59: A pathname of a directory entry to be removed.
        !            60: .Tp
        !            61: .Pp
        !            62: The
        !            63: .Nm rm
        !            64: utility exits with one of the following values:
        !            65: .Tw Ds
        !            66: .Tp Li 0
        !            67: All the named directory entries were removed.
        !            68: .Tp Li >0
        !            69: An error occurred.
        !            70: .Tp
        !            71: .Sh SEE ALSO
        !            72: .Xr rmdir 1
        !            73: .Sh STANDARDS
        !            74: The
        !            75: .Nm rm
        !            76: function is expected to be POSIX 1003.2 compatible.

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