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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.
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                     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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