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Shell: can i use the command line style `rm tmp / -fr` in mac

Say I want to remove tmp / dir in a shell.

In linux (e.g. ubuntu) I can rm tmp/ -fror rm -fr tmp/. But on mac, I can only rm -fr tmp/.

Is there a way to customize the mac shell (bash / zsh / ...), so I can use a command line style like linux rm tmp/ -fr:?

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The presence of options after the operands, as in rm tmp/ -fr, is non-standard. IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 is provided in Section 12.2 Utility Syntax Guide :

Guide 9: All parameters must precede operands on the command line.

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  • rm -fr tmp/: will delete the directory tmp/with the parameters -rand -f, therefore, recursive (mandatory here) and forced.
  • rm tmp/ -fr: Will (attempt to) delete the directory tmp/and / or file / directory named is -fr, but it will lead to error: rm: tmp/ directory.

Note: the only way to delete a file with a name -rfis to use rm -- -rf.

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