rm

basic UNIX command used to remove objects such as files and directories
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rm

Summary

rm is a standard UNIX utility or command[1]. rm ranks in the top 6% of standard_unix_utility_or_command entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (219 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • rm's image is recorded as Rm --help Command - Unix.png[3].
  • rm's instance of is recorded as standard UNIX utility or command[4].
  • rm's part of is recorded as GNU Core Utilities[5].
  • rm's has use is recorded as file unlinking[6].
  • rm's Commons category is recorded as Rm (Unix)[7].
  • rm's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/055k4l[8].
  • rm's described at URL is recorded as http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/rm.html[9].
  • rm's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00705707n[10].
  • rm's reads environment variable is recorded as LANG[11].
  • rm's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_ALL[12].
  • rm's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_COLLATE[13].
  • rm's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_CTYPE[14].
  • rm's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_MESSAGES[15].
  • rm's reads environment variable is recorded as NLSPATH[16].
  • rm's has command line option is recorded as f[17].
  • rm's has command line option is recorded as i[18].
  • rm's has command line option is recorded as R[19].
  • rm's has command line option is recorded as r[20].
  • rm's man page is recorded as rm.1[21].

Body

Publication

rm's part of is recorded as GNU Core Utilities[5].

Why It Matters

rm ranks in the top 6% of standard_unix_utility_or_command entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (219 views/month).[2] rm has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] rm is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . GNU.org. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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