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        !             3: rm                           Command                           rm
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        !             8: Remove files
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        !            10: rrmm [ -ffiirrttvv ] _f_i_l_e ...
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        !            12: rm removes each file.  If no other links exist, rm frees the data
        !            13: blocks associated with the file.
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        !            15: To remove  a file, a user must have  write and execute permission
        !            16: on the  directory in which  the file resides, and  must also have
        !            17: write permission on the  file itself.  The force option -f forces
        !            18: the file to be removed if the user does not have write permission
        !            19: on  the  file  itself.   It  suppresses  all error  messages  and
        !            20: prompts.
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        !            22: The interactive  option -i tells  rm to prompt  for permission to
        !            23: delete each file.
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        !            25: The recursive  removal option -r causes rm  to descend into every
        !            26: directory, search for  and delete files, and descend further into
        !            27: subdirectories.   Directories  are removed  if  the directory  is
        !            28: empty, is  not the current directory, and is  not the root direc-
        !            29: tory.
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        !            31: The test  option -t  performs all  access testing but  removes no
        !            32: files.
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        !            34: The verbose  option -v  tells rm  to print each  file rm  and the
        !            35: action taken.  In conjunction with the -t option, this allows the
        !            36: extent of possible damage to be previewed.
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        !            38: ***** See Also *****
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        !            40: commands, ln, rmdir
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        !            42: ***** Notes *****
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        !            44: Absence of  delete permission  in parent directories  is reported
        !            45: with the  message ``_f_i_l_e: permission  denied''.  Write protection
        !            46: is not  inherited by subdirectories;  they must be  protected in-
        !            47: dividually.
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        !            49: Note  that  unlike  the  similarly  named command  under  MS-DOS,
        !            50: COHERENT's version  of rm  will not prompt  you if you  request a
        !            51: mass deletion.  Thus, the command
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        !            54:         rm *
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        !            57: will  silently and  immediately delete all  files in  the current
        !            58: directory.  Caveat utilitor!
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