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Refer to shred.

Remove the example showing how to remove `-foo', since that is now
in the --help output (and hence automatically included).
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Jim Meyering
2001-04-29 07:01:12 +00:00
parent b8926b07cc
commit 56ee0fa636

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@@ -13,24 +13,6 @@ 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
[SEE ALSO]
shred(1)