.TH E2RM 1 "2020\-02\-05" "Linux" "User commands"
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.SH NAME
e2rm \- removes files and directories on an ext2 filesystem
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.SH SYNOPSIS
.B e2rm
.RI [ options ] " files..."
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.SH DESCRIPTION
The \fBe2rm\fP command removes files and directories on an ext2 filesystem.
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.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-r
Recursively delete files if a directory name is given.
.TP
.B \-v
Be verbose.
.SS Note
This program expects to have a full ext2 file specification for each
argument.
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.SH EXAMPLES
.PP
Remove a file

    e2rm \-v boot.img:/boot/grub/grub.c1 /boot/grub/grub.c2
.PP
Remove a directory and all the files

    e2rm \-r boot.img:/boot/grub
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.SH SEE ALSO
.BR e2tools (7),
.BR e2ln (1),
.BR e2ls (1),
.BR e2mkdir (1),
.BR e2cp (1),
.BR e2mv (1),
.BR e2tail (1).
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.SH AUTHOR
The \fBe2tools\fP were written by Keith Sheffield <sheff@pobox.com>.
.PP
This manual page was written by Lucas Wall <lwall@debian.org>,
for the Debian project (but may be used by others).