GNU bug report logs - #16862
Feature Request for rm

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Marc Perkel <marc <at> perkel.com>

Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 06:15:03 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Done: Bob Proulx <bob <at> proulx.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Marc Perkel <marc <at> perkel.com>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: Feature Request for rm
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 21:36:24 -0800

Minor feature request

Suggest -q (for quiet) for rm command. No error code if file doesn't exist.

rm -q file

rather tham

rm file 2> /dev/null

my 2 cents
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