NAME
     rm, rmdir - remove directory entries

SYNOPSIS
     rm [-f] [-i] file...
     rm -rR [-f] [-i] dirname...[file...]

     rmdir [-ps] dirname...

DESCRIPTION
  rm
     The rm command removes the directory entry specified by each
     file  argument.   If  a file has no write permission and the
     standard input is a terminal, the full  set  of  permissions
     (in  octal)  for the file are printed followed by a question
     mark.  This is a prompt for  confirmation.   If  the  answer
     begins  with y (for yes), the file is deleted, otherwise the
     file remains.

     If file is a symbolic link, the link will  be  removed,  but
     the  file  or  directory  to  which  it  refers  will not be
     deleted.  Users do not need write  permission  to  remove  a
     symbolic  link,  provided they have write permissions in the
     directory.

     If multiple files are specified and removal of a file  fails
     for  any reason, rm will write a diagnostic message to stan-
     dard error, do nothing more to the current file, and  go  on
     to any remaining files.

     If the standard input is not a terminal,  the  command  will
     operate as if the -f option is in effect.

  rmdir
     The rmdir command will remove the directory entry  specified
     by each dirname operand, which must refer to an empty direc-
     tory.

     Directories will be processed in the order specified.  If  a
     directory and a subdirectory of that directory are specified
     in a single invocation of rmdir, the  subdirectory  must  be
     specified  before  the  parent  directory so that the parent
     directory will be empty when rmdir tries to remove it.

EXAMPLES
  rm
     The following command:
          example% rm a.out core

     removes the directory entries:  a.out and core.

     The following command:

          example% rm -rf junk

     removes the directory junk and  all  its  contents,  without
     prompting.

  rmdir
     If a directory a in the current directory is empty except it
     contains a directory b and a/b is empty except it contains a
     directory c,

          example% rmdir -p a/b/c

     will remove all three directories.

SEE ALSO
     rmdir(2), unlink(2), environ(5)

For more information, use the 'man rm' command.