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authorJoel Dahl <joel@FreeBSD.org>2013-03-15 20:12:54 +0000
committerJoel Dahl <joel@FreeBSD.org>2013-03-15 20:12:54 +0000
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Add a few examples.
Obtained from: OpenBSD
Notes
Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=248342
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diff --git a/bin/rm/rm.1 b/bin/rm/rm.1
index ad8106617aca..3588f388da71 100644
--- a/bin/rm/rm.1
+++ b/bin/rm/rm.1
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
.\" @(#)rm.1 8.5 (Berkeley) 12/5/94
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd October 31, 2010
+.Dd March 15, 2013
.Dt RM 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -193,6 +193,19 @@ When
is specified with
.Fl f
the file will be overwritten and removed even if it has hard links.
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+Recursively remove all files contained within the
+.Pa foobar
+directory hierarchy:
+.Pp
+.Dl $ rm -rf foobar
+.Pp
+Either of these commands will remove the file
+.Pa -f :
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+$ rm -- -f
+$ rm ./-f
+.Ed
.Sh COMPATIBILITY
The
.Nm