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@@ -1,2 +1,34 @@ [DESCRIPTION] -." Add any additional description here +This manual page +documents the GNU version of +.BR rm . +.B rm +removes each specified file. By default, it does not remove +directories. +.P +If a file is unwritable, the standard input is a tty, and +the \fI\-f\fR or \fI\-\-force\fR option is not given, +.B rm +prompts the user for whether to remove the file. If the response +does not begin with `y' or `Y', the file is skipped. +.LP +GNU +.BR rm , +like every program that uses the getopt function to parse its +arguments, lets you use the +.I \-\- +option to indicate that all following arguments are non-options. To +remove a file called `\-f' in the current directory, you could type +either +.RS +rm \-\- \-f +.RE +or +.RS +rm ./\-f +.RE +The Unix +.B rm +program's use of a single `\-' for this purpose predates the +development of the getopt standard syntax. +.SH OPTIONS |