unlink(1) — Arch manual pages

NAME

unlink - call the unlink function to remove the specified file

SYNOPSIS

unlink FILE
unlink OPTION

DESCRIPTION

Call the unlink function to remove the specified FILE.

--help
display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit

Written by Michael Stone.

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This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

unlink(2)

Full documentation https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/unlink
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) unlink invocation'