del (windows)

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Delete one or more files. More information: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/del .

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# Delete one or more space-separated files or patterns:
del {{file_pattern}}

# Prompt for confirmation before deleting each file:
del {{file_pattern}} /p

# Force the deletion of read-only files:
del {{file_pattern}} /f

# Recursively delete file(s) from all subdirectories:
del {{file_pattern}} /s

# Do not prompt when deleting files based on a global wildcard:
del {{file_pattern}} /q

# Display the help and list available attributes:
del /?

# Delete files based on specified attributes:
del {{file_pattern}} /a {{attribute}}

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