del (command)
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In computing, del
(or erase
) is a command in various DOS, OS/2 and Microsoft Windows command line interpreters (shells) such as COMMAND.COM
, cmd.exe
, 4DOS/4NT and Windows PowerShell. It is used to delete one or more files or directories from a filesystem. It is analogous to the Unix rm
command. RT-11, RSX-11 and OpenVMS also provide the delete
command which can be contracted to del
.
In Windows PowerShell, del and erase are a predefined command aliases for the Remove-Item
Cmdlet which basically serves the same purpose.
[edit] Example
del filename erase filename
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