PowerShell: Delete File

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Delete a File

# delete a file in current dir
rm .\photo.jpg
# delete a file by path
rm "~/travel photo.jpg"

Delete Files in a Dir

# delete macOS folder preference file
dir -recurse -Force -filter .DS_Store | rm -Force
# delete emacs backup. file name ending in ~
dir -recurse -file -filter *~ | rm

PowerShell. Working on Files