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Deleting Trash from the Terminal

  • 02-12-2011 11:39AM
    #1
    studiorat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,408 ✭✭✭


    Hi there,
    I'm trying to dump the trash from my computer.
    Have tried the following :

    Option > Empty Trash -- No Joy.

    open terminal: 
    $ cd .Trash 
rm -rf *
    No Joy.

    $sudo rm -Rf ~/.Trash/*
    No Joy.

    The reply I get is
    rm: illegal option -- *
usage: rm [-f | -i] [-dPRrvW] file ...
       unlink file


    Can anybody explain to what's going on here? Thanks..


Comments

  • #2
    Padgeman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 142 ✭✭Padgeman


    studiorat wrote: »
    Hi there,
    I'm trying to dump the trash from my computer.
    Have tried the following :

    Option > Empty Trash -- No Joy.

    open terminal: 
    $ cd .Trash 
rm -rf *
    No Joy.

    Can anybody explain to what's going on here? Thanks..

    I would try: 
    $ cd ~/.trash
sudo rm -rf *.*

    Is it saying that some files can't be deleted? If so, I would delete the file individually by using "sudo rm -rf file" instead of using *.*.


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