$ rm -r /tmp/ji/
rm: remove write-protected regular file `/tmp/ji/a'? ^C
$ rm -fr /tmp/jidanni.org/
$ rm -fr /tmp/jidanni.org/
$ rm -fr /tmp/jidanni.org/
well, did it remove it or not?*
`-f'
`--force'
Ignore nonexistent files and never prompt the user. Ignore any
previous `--interactive' (`-i') option.
well, OK, but prompting the user and emitting error output are
different things.
therefore, please say 'No such file or directory', or, if there is
some kind of standard that will be broken by that, say on the man page
that error output is also turned off by -f and there is no way to
separate turning off prompting and turning off error messages for some
reason.
*Answer: indeed, my first -f removed it.
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