rm

rm is a basic UNIX command used to remove objects such as files, directories, device nodes, symbolic links, and so on from the filesystem. To be more precise, rm removes references to objects from the filesystem, where those objects might have had multiple references (for example, a file with two different names), and the objects themselves are discarded only when all references have been removed and no programs still have open handles to the objects.

• GNU Coreutils Project Homepage [EN]

• GNU Coreutils [EN] @ Homebrew Formula

• rm [EN] @ Wikipedia
• rm [DE] @ Wikipedia

Documentation

• rm [EN] @ GNU Coreutils Manual

• man 1 'rm'
  • BSD [EN]
  • GNU [EN]

Syntax

rm [PARAMETER ...] [FILE/DIRECTORY ...]

Parameters

General

The following parameters can be used with all version of ls:

NOTE:

BSD version only supports the short form (e.g. -r) of these parameters!

-f, --force

Ignore nonexistent files, never prompt.

-r, -R, --recursive

Remove directories and their contents recursively.

-v, --verbose

Explain what is being done.

GNU

The following parameters can be used with the GNU version of ls:

-d, --dir

Remove empty directories.