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<concept xml:lang="en" id="GUID-03194FB8-CC3F-5B8D-8719-3756FAC88102"><title>rm</title><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody><p><userinput>rm [OPTION]... FILE... </userinput> </p> <p>Remove files or directories. </p> <p>Opions can be one of the following: </p> <table id="GUID-7B89EC5A-7116-59A6-98CA-BBA079596CE4"><tgroup cols="2"><colspec colname="col0"/><colspec colname="col1"/><thead><row><entry>Option</entry> <entry>Description</entry> </row> </thead> <tbody><row><entry><p> <codeph>-f</codeph>  </p> </entry> <entry><p> <codeph>--force </codeph>. </p> <p>Ignore nonexistent files, never prompt. </p> </entry> </row> <row><entry><p> <codeph>-r</codeph>, <codeph>-R</codeph>  </p> </entry> <entry><p> <codeph>--recursive </codeph>. </p> <p>Remove directories and their contents recursively. </p> </entry> </row> <row><entry><p> <codeph>-i</codeph>  </p> </entry> <entry><p> <codeph>--interactive </codeph>. </p> <p>Prompt before any removal. </p> </entry> </row> <row><entry><p> <codeph>-d</codeph>  </p> </entry> <entry><p> <codeph>--directory </codeph>. </p> <p>Unlink <codeph>FILE</codeph>, even if it is a non-empty directory. </p> </entry> </row> </tbody> </tgroup> </table> </conbody></concept>