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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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