Translations by Martin Meredith

-f, --canonicalize canonicalise by following every symlink in every component of the given name recursively; all but the last component must exist -e, --canonicalize-existing canonicalise by following every symlink in every component of the given name recursively, all components must exist

-m, --canonicalize-missing canonicalise by following every symlink in every component of the given name recursively, without requirements on components existence -n, --no-newline do not output the trailing newline -q, --quiet, -s, --silent suppress most error messages -v, --verbose report error messages

Remove (unlink) the FILE(s). -f, --force ignore non-existent files, never prompt -i prompt before every removal

multiple levelranges

* log-structured or journalled file systems, such as those supplied with AIX and Solaris (and JFS, ReiserFS, XFS, Ext3, etc.) * file systems that write redundant data and carry on even if some writes fail, such as RAID-based file systems * file systems that make snapshots, such as Network Appliance's NFS server

POS is F[.C][OPTS], where F is the field number and C the character position in the field; both are origin 1. If neither -t nor -b is in effect, characters in a field are counted from the beginning of the preceding white space. OPTS is one or more single-letter ordering options, which override global ordering options for that key. If no key is given, use the entire line as the key. SIZE may be followed by the following multiplicative suffixes:

NOTE: [ honours the --help and --version options, but test does not. test treats each of those as it treats any other non-empty STRING.