Remove Files or Directories
Usage: hrm [-rfcHSxZilh-] pathname1 [ pathname2 ... ]
rm can delete both files and directories. If you try to remove
a file with one of the special mode bits set (see chmod) or a
directory that's not empty, it'll refuse unless you use one of
the options to let it know that's really what you mean.
Options:
-r Recursively remove non-empty directories.
-f Force read-only files or directories to be removed. Also,
warn about but otherwise ignore attempts to remove non-
existent files.
-H Hidden files or directories can be removed.
-S System files or directories can be removed.
-x All of the above. Same as -rfHS
-c Continue even if errors are encountered attempting to
process some files or directories.
-Z Write binary zeros across any files being deleted before
removing them, thus preventing anyone from recovering the
data using an "undelete" program.
-i Interactive: Ask before removing each object on the
command line.
-l Logging is on: Display the name of each file or directory
as it's removed.
-h Help (this screen.)
-- End of options. (Useful if filenames start with "-".)
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