filesystem

Remove files and directories.

Signature

> rm {flags} ...rest

Flags

• --trash, -t: move to the platform's trash instead of permanently deleting. not used on android and ios
• --permanent, -p: delete permanently, ignoring the 'always_trash' config option. always enabled on android and ios
• --recursive, -r: delete subdirectories recursively
• --force, -f: suppress error when no file
• --verbose, -v: print names of deleted files
• --interactive, -i: ask user to confirm action
• --interactive-once, -I: ask user to confirm action only once

Parameters

• ...rest: The file paths(s) to remove.

Input/output types:

input	output
nothing	nothing

Examples

Delete, or move a file to the trash (based on the 'always_trash' config option)

> rm file.txt

Move a file to the trash

> rm --trash file.txt

Delete a file permanently, even if the 'always_trash' config option is true

> rm --permanent file.txt

Delete a file, ignoring 'file not found' errors

> rm --force file.txt

Delete all 0KB files in the current directory

> ls | where size == 0KB and type == file | each { rm $in.name } | null