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tldr/pages/linux/rm.md
Emily Grace Seville 6cf81f993a
rm: add/refresh pages (#7994)
* Add `rm` page copy with long options

* Refresh title

* Refresh pages:
- better grammar/syntax
- `See also` links
- reorder examples

* Use imperative mood in titles

* Don't use brace expansion

* Use `and` instead of `/` for `-r` examples

Co-authored-by: Axel Navarro <navarroaxel@gmail.com>

Co-authored-by: Axel Navarro <navarroaxel@gmail.com>
2023-01-08 01:31:17 +10:00

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rm

Remove files or directories. See also: rmdir. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/rm.

  • Remove specific files:

rm {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}

  • Remove specific files ignoring nonexistent ones:

rm --force {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}

  • Remove specific files interactively prompting before each removal:

rm --interactive {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}

  • Remove specific files printing info about each removal:

rm --verbose {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}

  • Remove specific files and directories recursively:

rm --recursive {{path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...}}