unlink - Man Page

• Remove the specified file if it is the last link: unlink path/to/file

tldr.sh

unlink FILE
unlink OPTION

Call the unlink function to remove the specified FILE.

--help

display this help and exit

--version

output version information and exit

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unlink(2)

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

remove(3), rm(1), unlink(2).