.\" Copyright (C) 2008 Steve Stalcup .\" .\" This manual page is free software. It is distributed under the .\" terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free .\" Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your .\" option) any later version. .\" .\" This manual page is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, .\" but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of .\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the .\" GNU General Public License for more details. .\" .\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License .\" along with this manual page; if not, write to the Free Software .\" Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 .\" USA .\" .TH "TRASH-EMPTY" "1" .SH "NAME" trash-empty \- Empty for Command line trash utility. .SH "SYNOPSIS" .B trash-empty .RI [ arguments ] .SH "DESCRIPTION" .PP Permanently remove any trashed file and trashed directory. This command is a part of the trash-cli package that provides a command line interface trashcan utility compliant with the FreeDesktop.org Trash Specification. It remembers the name, original path, deletion date, and permissions of each trashed file. .SH "ARGUMENTS" .TP To remove all trashed files, use 'trash-empty' without arguments. .TP To remove files that have been in the trash for more than a given number of days, use 'trash-empty x', 'x' representing the number of days. .SH "EXAMPLES" .nf $ date Tue Feb 19 20:26:52 CET 2008 $ trash-list 2008-02-19 20:11:34 /home/einar/today 2008-02-18 20:11:34 /home/einar/yesterday 2008-02-10 20:11:34 /home/einar/last_week $ trash-empty 7 $ trash-list 2008-02-19 20:11:34 /home/einar/today 2008-02-18 20:11:34 /home/einar/yesterday $ trash-empty 1 $ trash-list 2008-02-19 20:11:34 /home/einar/today $ trash-empty $ trash-list .fi .SH "BUGS" Please, report bugs to https://github.com/andreafrancia/trash-cli/issues .SH "IF YOU WANT SAY THANKS" Tweet (to @andreafrancia or #trash-cli) or donate 1, 2 or 5 euros using paypal: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=93L6PYT4WBN5A .SH "CREDITS" Trash was written by Andrea Francia . The original version of trash-empty was contributed by Einar Orn Olason . The first version of manual pages was written by Steve Stalcup and was modified by Massimo Cavalleri . .SH "SEE ALSO" trash-put(1), trash-list(1), trash-restore(1), trash-rm(1), and the FreeDesktop.org Trash Specification at https://specifications.freedesktop.org/trash-spec/trashspec-1.0.html. .br Both are released under the \s-1GNU\s0 General Public License, version 2 or later.