Manual: rust-rm

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NAME
       rm - Remove (unlink) the FILE(s)

SYNOPSIS
       rm  [-f|--force]	 [-i ] [-I ] [--interactive] [--one-file-system] [--no-preserve-root] [--preserve-root] [-r|--recur‐
       sive] [-d|--dir] [-v|--verbose] [-g|--progress] [-h|--help] [-V|--version] [files]

DESCRIPTION
       Remove (unlink) the FILE(s)

OPTIONS
       -f, --force
	      ignore nonexistent files and arguments, never prompt

       -i     prompt before every removal

       -I     prompt once before removing more than three files, or when removing  recursively.	  Less	intrusive  than	 -i,
	      while still giving some protection against most mistakes

       --interactive[=]
	      prompt according to WHEN: never, once (-I), or always (-i). Without WHEN, prompts always

	      Possible values:

		     • always

		     • once

		     • never

       --one-file-system
	      when  removing a hierarchy recursively, skip any directory that is on a file system different from that of the
	      corresponding command line argument (NOT IMPLEMENTED)

       --no-preserve-root
	      do not treat '/' specially

       --preserve-root
	      do not remove '/' (default)

       -r, --recursive
	      remove directories and their contents recursively

       -d, --dir
	      remove empty directories

       -v, --verbose
	      explain what is being done

       -g, --progress
	      display a progress bar. Note: this feature is not supported by GNU coreutils.

       -h, --help
	      Print help

       -V, --version
	      Print version

       [files]

EXTRA
       By default, rm does not remove directories. Use the --recursive (-r or -R) option to remove  each  listed  directory,
       too, along with all of its contents

       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 might be possible to recover some of its contents, given sufficient ex‐
       pertise and/or time. For greater assurance that the contents are truly unrecoverable, consider using shred.

VERSION
       v(uutils coreutils) 0.8.0

							 2026-04-16						       RM(1)