unlink

Remove file

$ unlink [file]

$ unlink [symlink]

unlink file

unlink removes a single file. It calls the unlink syscall.
Single file only. No directories.
Atomic operation. System call.
No options. Simple interface.
Removes hard links. Decrements link count.

file

File to remove.

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Single file only. No recursive. Use rm for more features.

unlink is a standard Unix command that directly calls the unlink(2) system call to remove a directory entry.

rm(1), ln(1), unlink(2)