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        !             4: NAME           rm  -- remove (unlink) files
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        !             7: SYNOPSIS       rm__ [ -f__ ] [ -r__ ] name\d1\u ...
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        !            10: DESCRIPTION    rm__
        !            11: removes the entries for one or more files from a directory.
        !            12: If an entry was the last link to the file, the file
        !            13: is destroyed.
        !            14: Removal of a file requires write permission in its directory,
        !            15: but neither read nor write permission on the file itself.
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        !            17: If there is no write permission to a
        !            18: file designated to be removed,
        !            19: rm__ will print the file name, its mode and then
        !            20: read a line from the standard input.
        !            21: If the line begins with 'y', the file is removed,
        !            22: otherwise it is not.
        !            23: The optional argument -f__ prevents the above interaction.
        !            24: 
        !            25: If a designated file is a directory,
        !            26: an error comment is printed unless the optional
        !            27: argument -r__ has been used.
        !            28: In that case, rm__ recursively deletes the
        !            29: entire contents of the specified directory.
        !            30: To remove directories per se see rmdir(I).
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        !            33: FILES          /etc/glob to implement -r__ flag
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        !            36: SEE ALSO       rmdir(I)
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        !            39: DIAGNOSTICS    "name: non existent"
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        !            41: "name: not removed" if cannot remove
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        !            43: "name: try again" error from fork
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        !            46: BUGS           When
        !            47: rm__ removes the contents of a directory under the
        !            48: -r__ flag, full pathnames are not printed in diagnostics.

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