class method

FileUtils.rm

(::FileUtils::pathlist list, ?force: ::boolish, ?noop: ::boolish, ?verbose: ::boolish) -> void

rm(list, force: nil, noop: nil, verbose: nil)

# File tmp/rubies/ruby-4.0.0/lib/fileutils.rb, line 1213
def rm(list, force: nil, noop: nil, verbose: nil)
  list = fu_list(list)
  fu_output_message "rm#{force ? ' -f' : ''} #{list.join ' '}" if verbose
  return if noop

  list.each do |path|
    remove_file path, force
  end
end

Removes entries at the paths in the given list (a single path or an array of paths) returns list, if it is an array, [list] otherwise.

Argument list or its elements should be interpretable as paths.

With no keyword arguments, removes files at the paths given in list:

Example

FileUtils.touch(['src0.txt', 'src0.dat'])
FileUtils.rm(['src0.dat', 'src0.txt']) # => ["src0.dat", "src0.txt"]

Keyword arguments:

force: true - ignores raised exceptions of StandardError and its descendants.
noop: true - does not remove files; returns nil.
verbose: true - prints an equivalent command:

Example
```
FileUtils.rm(['src0.dat', 'src0.txt'], noop: true, verbose: true)
```
Output:

Example
```
rm src0.dat src0.txt
```

Related: methods for deleting.

See also #rm .remove_file .rmdir .remove_entry_secure also in 4.1 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0

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