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rm (delete files)

Deletes (removes) one or more files.

Format:    rm filelist
Examples:  rm file1 file2

To remove files, you must have write permissions to the directory where the file is located, but not on the file itself.

Opt	What It Does	Examples
-d	Remove directories, even if not empty (only available to a privileged user)	rm -d /home/janet/dir2
-f	Remove write-protected files without querying	rm -f file26.txt
-I	Prompt before deleting	rm -I test*.txt
-r	For a directory, remove all the files in the directory and subdirectories	rm -r /home/janet/di 3
-v	Display name before deleting	rm -r report*