diff --git a/src/Concerns/RunsCommands.php b/src/Concerns/RunsCommands.php
index ce1a4c4..18b3002 100644
--- a/src/Concerns/RunsCommands.php
+++ b/src/Concerns/RunsCommands.php
@@ -18,9 +18,13 @@ protected function runCommand(string $command, ?string $workingPath = null, bool
      */
     protected function runCommands(array $commands, ?string $workingPath = null, bool $disableOutput = false): Process
     {
+        // --no-ansi and --quiet are Composer flags: the commands that are not Composer must not get them
+        // (GNU rm refuses an option it does not know, so `pollora new --force` failed on Linux).
         $skipFlags = static fn (string $value): bool => str_starts_with($value, 'chmod')
             || str_starts_with($value, 'git')
-            || str_starts_with($value, 'ddev');
+            || str_starts_with($value, 'ddev')
+            || str_starts_with($value, 'rm ')
+            || str_starts_with($value, 'rd ');
 
         if (! $this->output->isDecorated()) {
             $commands = array_map(static fn (string $value): string => $skipFlags($value) ? $value : $value.' --no-ansi', $commands);
diff --git a/tests/Unit/RunsCommandsFlagsTest.php b/tests/Unit/RunsCommandsFlagsTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c98ea31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Unit/RunsCommandsFlagsTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+use Pollora\Cli\Concerns\RunsCommands;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\ArrayInput;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputDefinition;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\BufferedOutput;
+
+/**
+ * The command line that RunsCommands builds, read back from the process it ran.
+ *
+ * @param  list<string>  $commands
+ */
+function runsCommandsLine(array $commands, bool $quiet = false): string
+{
+    $runner = new class
+    {
+        use RunsCommands;
+
+        public BufferedOutput $output;
+
+        public ArrayInput $input;
+
+        public function build(array $commands): string
+        {
+            return $this->runCommands($commands, disableOutput: true)->getCommandLine();
+        }
+    };
+
+    $runner->output = new BufferedOutput; // not decorated, as when the output is not a terminal
+    $runner->input = new ArrayInput($quiet ? ['--quiet' => true] : [], new InputDefinition([new InputOption('quiet', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE)]));
+
+    return $runner->build($commands);
+}
+
+it('does not hand the Composer flags to rm, as GNU rm refuses an option it does not know', function (): void {
+    $gone = sys_get_temp_dir().'/pollora-cli-flags-'.bin2hex(random_bytes(4));
+
+    expect(runsCommandsLine(['rm -rf "'.$gone.'"']))->toBe('rm -rf "'.$gone.'"')
+        ->and(runsCommandsLine(['rm -rf "'.$gone.'"'], quiet: true))->toBe('rm -rf "'.$gone.'"');
+});
+
+it('does not hand the Composer flags to rd, the Windows way of removing a directory', function (): void {
+    expect(runsCommandsLine(['rd /s /q "C:\\gone"']))->toBe('rd /s /q "C:\\gone"');
+});
+
+it('still hands --no-ansi to the other commands when the output is not decorated, and --quiet when asked', function (): void {
+    expect(runsCommandsLine(['echo composer']))->toBe('echo composer --no-ansi')
+        ->and(runsCommandsLine(['echo composer'], quiet: true))->toBe('echo composer --no-ansi --quiet');
+});
+
+it('still leaves chmod, git and ddev without flags', function (): void {
+    expect(runsCommandsLine(['chmod +x x', 'git init']))->toBe('chmod +x x && git init');
+});