shell(rm): exit 0 silently when -f is given without operands

src/runtime/shell/builtin/rm.rs

@@ -134,14 +134,15 @@ impl Rm {
                         panic!("Invalid");
                     }
                     let argc = Builtin::of(interp, cmd).args_slice().len();
-                    // No args / only flags → print usage and exit 1.
-                    if (idx as usize) >= argc {
-                        let usage = Kind::Rm.usage_string();
-                        return Self::write_err_literal(interp, cmd, idx, usage);
-                    }
-
-                    let arg = Builtin::of(interp, cmd).arg_bytes(idx as usize).to_vec();
-                    match Self::parse_flag(&mut Self::state_mut(interp, cmd).opts, &arg) {
+                    // Out of arguments: the operand list starts here, empty.
+                    let (arg, parsed) = if (idx as usize) < argc {
+                        let arg = Builtin::of(interp, cmd).arg_bytes(idx as usize).to_vec();
+                        let parsed = Self::parse_flag(&mut Self::state_mut(interp, cmd).opts, &arg);
+                        (arg, parsed)
+                    } else {
+                        (Vec::new(), RmParseFlag::Done)
+                    };
+                    match parsed {
                         RmParseFlag::ContinueParsing => {
                             if let RmState::ParseOpts { idx: i, .. } =
                                 &mut Self::state_mut(interp, cmd).state
@@ -151,6 +152,17 @@ impl Rm {
                             continue;
                         }
                         RmParseFlag::Done => {
+                            let args_start = idx as usize;
+                            // POSIX: no operands is not an error under `-f`. Checked
+                            // before the prompt-flag rejection so `rm -i` stays a usage error.
+                            if args_start >= argc {
+                                if Self::state_mut(interp, cmd).opts.force {
+                                    return Builtin::done(interp, cmd, 0);
+                                }
+                                let usage = Kind::Rm.usage_string();
+                                return Self::write_err_literal(interp, cmd, idx, usage);
+                            }
+
                             // `-r` implies `-d`.
                             {
                                 let opts = &mut Self::state_mut(interp, cmd).opts;
@@ -166,8 +178,6 @@ impl Rm {
                                 return Self::write_err_literal(interp, cmd, idx, buf);
                             }
 
-                            let args_start = idx as usize;
-
                             // Check that none of the paths will delete the root.
                             {
                                 let cwd = Builtin::shell(interp, cmd).cwd().to_vec();

test/js/bun/shell/commands/rm.test.ts

@@ -53,6 +53,34 @@ describe.concurrent("bunshell rm", () => {
     }
   });
 
+  // POSIX rm: -f shall "not write diagnostic messages or modify the exit
+  // status in the case of no file operands". GNU and BSD rm exit 0 silently,
+  // which is what `rm -f ${files}` with an empty list relies on. Without -f,
+  // no operands is still a usage error.
+  describe("no operands", () => {
+    const none: string[] = [];
+    const usage = "usage: rm [-f | -i] [-dIPRrvWx] file ...\n       unlink [--] file\n";
+
+    TestBuilder.command`rm -f`.stdout("").stderr("").exitCode(0).runAsTest("rm -f");
+    TestBuilder.command`rm -f`.quiet().stdout("").stderr("").exitCode(0).runAsTest("rm -f (quiet)");
+    TestBuilder.command`rm -f ${none}`.stdout("").stderr("").exitCode(0).runAsTest("rm -f with an empty list");
+    TestBuilder.command`rm -rf`.stdout("").stderr("").exitCode(0).runAsTest("rm -rf");
+    TestBuilder.command`rm -fv`.stdout("").stderr("").exitCode(0).runAsTest("rm -fv");
+    TestBuilder.command`rm -f ${none} && echo cleaned`
+      .stdout("cleaned\n")
+      .stderr("")
+      .exitCode(0)
+      .runAsTest("rm -f succeeds in a && chain");
+
+    TestBuilder.command`rm`.stdout("").stderr(usage).exitCode(1).runAsTest("rm");
+    TestBuilder.command`rm -r`.stdout("").stderr(usage).exitCode(1).runAsTest("rm -r");
+    TestBuilder.command`rm -rv`.quiet().stdout("").stderr(usage).exitCode(1).runAsTest("rm -rv (quiet)");
+    // Missing operands are reported before the unsupported prompting mode is.
+    TestBuilder.command`rm -i`.stdout("").stderr(usage).exitCode(1).runAsTest("rm -i");
+    // -f only covers the missing operands, not a bad flag.
+    TestBuilder.command`rm -f -x`.stdout("").stderr("rm: illegal option -- x\n").exitCode(1).runAsTest("rm -f -x");
+  });
+
   test("recursive", async () => {
     const files = {
       "existent.txt": "",