I am using rm
within a BASH script to delete many files. Sometimes the files are not present, so it reports many errors. I do not need this message. I have searched the man page for a command to make rm
quiet, but the only option I found is -f
, which from the description, “ignore nonexistent files, never prompt”, seems to be the right choice, but the name does not seem to fit, so I am concerned it might have unintended consequences.
- Is the
-f
option the correct way to silencerm
? Why isn’t it called-q
? - Does this option do anything else?