NAME
    rm - remove files or directories

SYNOPSIS
    rm [OPTION]... FILE...

DESCRIPTION
    This manual page documents the GNU version of rm. rm removes each
    specified file. By default, it does not remove directories.

    If a file is unwritable, the standard input is a tty, and the -f or
    --force option is not given, rm prompts the user for whether to remove
    the file. If the response does not begin with `y' or `Y', the file is
    skipped.

OPTIONS
    Remove (unlink) the FILE(s).

    -d, --directory
    unlink FILE, even if it is a non-empty directory (super-user
    only)

    -f, --force
    ignore nonexistent files, never prompt

    -i, --interactive
    prompt before any removal

    -r, -R, --recursive
    remove the contents of directories recursively

    -v, --verbose
    explain what is being done

    --help display this help and exit

    --version
    output version information and exit

    To remove a file whose name starts with a `-', for example `-foo', use
    one of these commands:

    rm -- -foo

    rm ./-foo

    Note that if you use rm to remove a file, it is usually possible to
    recover the contents of that file. If you want more assurance that the
    contents are truly unrecoverable, consider using shred.

AUTHOR
    Written by Paul Rubin, David MacKenzie, Richard Stallman, and Jim Mey-
    ering.

REPORTING BUGS
    Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
    Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is
    NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
    PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
   shred(1)

    The full documentation for rm is maintained as a  Texinfo manual.  If
    the info and rm programs are properly installed at your site, the com-
    mand

    info rm

    should give you access to the complete manual.