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1.1       root        1: .th RM I 1/20/73
                      2: .sh NAME
                      3: rm  \*- remove (unlink) files
                      4: .sh SYNOPSIS
                      5: .bd rm
                      6: [
                      7: .bd \*-f
                      8: ] [
                      9: .bd \*-r
                     10: ] name ...
                     11: .sh DESCRIPTION
                     12: .it Rm
                     13: removes the entries for one or more files from a directory.
                     14: If an entry was the last link to the file, the file
                     15: is destroyed.
                     16: Removal of a file requires write permission in its directory,
                     17: but neither read nor write permission on the file itself.
                     18: .s3
                     19: If there is no write permission to a
                     20: file designated to be removed,
                     21: .it rm
                     22: will print the file name, its mode and then
                     23: read a line from the standard input.
                     24: If the line begins with \fBy\fR, the file is removed,
                     25: otherwise it is not.
                     26: The optional argument
                     27: .bd \*-f
                     28: prevents this interaction.
                     29: .s3
                     30: If a designated file is a directory,
                     31: an error comment is printed unless the optional
                     32: argument
                     33: .bd \*-r
                     34: has been used.
                     35: In that case,
                     36: .it rm
                     37: recursively deletes the
                     38: entire contents of the specified directory.
                     39: To remove directories \fIper se\fR see rmdir(I).
                     40: .sh FILES
                     41: /etc/glob to implement the
                     42: .bd \*-r
                     43: flag
                     44: .sh "SEE ALSO"
                     45: rmdir(I)
                     46: .sh BUGS
                     47: When
                     48: .it rm
                     49: removes the contents of a directory under the
                     50: .bd \*-r
                     51: flag, full pathnames are not printed in diagnostics.

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