TRASH-EMPTY(1)              General Commands Manual             TRASH-EMPTY(1)



NAME
       trash-empty - Empty for Command line trash utility.


SYNOPSIS
       trash-empty [arguments]


DESCRIPTION
       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.


ARGUMENTS
       To remove all trashed files, use 'trash-empty' without arguments.

       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.


EXAMPLES
       $ 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
       <none>


BUGS
       Please, report bugs to https://github.com/andreafrancia/trash-
       cli/issues


IF YOU WANT SAY THANKS
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CREDITS
       Trash was written by Andrea Francia <andrea@andreafrancia.it>.  The
       original version of trash-empty was contributed by Einar Orn Olason
       <eoo@hi.is>.  The first version of manual pages was written by Steve
       Stalcup <vorian@ubuntu.com> and was modified by Massimo Cavalleri
       <submax@tiscalinet.it>.


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.

       Both are released under the GNU General Public License, version 2 or
       later.

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