del (command)
In computing, del
(or erase
) is a command in DOS, OS/2, Microsoft Windows[1] and ReactOS command-line interpreters (shells) such as COMMAND.COM
, cmd.exe
, 4DOS, NDOS, 4OS2, 4NT and Windows PowerShell. It is used to delete one or more files or directories from a filesystem.
The command is analogous to the Unix rm
command and to the OpenVOS delete_file
and delete_dir
commands.[2]
RT-11, RSX-11, OS/8[3] and OpenVMS also provide the delete
command which can be contracted to del
. AmigaDOS provides a delete
command as well.[4]
The del
command is also available in the open source MS-DOS emulator DOSBox.
In Windows PowerShell, del
and erase
are predefined command aliases for the Remove-Item
cmdlet which basically serves the same purpose.
While DR-DOS supports del
and erase
as well, it also supports the shorthand form era
, which derived from CP/M. In addition to this, the DR-DOS command processor also supports delq
/eraq
. These are shorthand forms for the del
/era
/erase
command with an assumed /Q
parameter (for 'Query') given as well.
Syntax
del filename
erase filename
See also
References
- ↑ https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2012-R2-and-2012/cc771049(v%3dws.11)
- ↑ http://stratadoc.stratus.com/vos/19.1.0/r098-19/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/r098-19.pdf
- ↑ "Concise Command Language" (CCL)."OS/8 Handbook" (PDF). April 1974. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/1988-rugheimer-spanik-amigados-quick-reference