PowerShell: Delete File

Delete a File

# delete a file in current dir
rm .\photo.jpg

# delete a file by path
rm "~/travel photo.jpg"

• Remove-Item has alias rm

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

• Remove-Item has alias rm

• PowerShell: String Wildcards (glob pattern)
• PowerShell: filter files by wildcard