Developer(s) | DEC, Microware, Microsoft, IBM, DR, Datalight, Novell, JP Software, ReactOS Contributors |
---|---|
Operating system | RT-11, OS/8, RSX-11, OpenVMS, DOS, OS-9, MSX-DOS, FlexOS, SISNE plus, OS/2, Windows, ReactOS, KolibriOS, SymbOS, DexOS |
Platform | Cross-platform |
Type | Command |
In
computing, del
(or erase
) is a
command in
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
file system.
The command is available for various
operating systems including
DOS,
Microware
OS-9,
[1]
IBM
OS/2,
[2]
Microsoft
Windows
[3] and
ReactOS.
[4] It is analogous to the
Unix
rm
command and to the
Stratus
OpenVOS delete_file
and delete_dir
commands.
[5]
DEC
RT-11,
[6]
OS/8,
[7]
RSX-11,
[8] and
OpenVMS
[9] also provide the delete
command which can be contracted to del
.
AmigaDOS
[10] and
TSC
FLEX
[11] provide a delete
command as well.
The erase
command is supported by
Tim Paterson's
SCP
86-DOS.
[12] On
MS-DOS, the command is available in versions 1 and later.
[13] It is also available in the
open-source MS-DOS
emulator
DOSBox.
Datalight
ROM-DOS also includes an implementation of the del
and erase
commands.
[14]
While
Digital Research
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.
[15]
THEOS/OASIS
[16] and
FlexOS
[17] provide only the erase
command.
In
PowerShell, del
and erase
are predefined
command aliases for the Remove-Item
cmdlet which basically serves the same purpose.
>del filename
>erase filename
Developer(s) | DEC, Microware, Microsoft, IBM, DR, Datalight, Novell, JP Software, ReactOS Contributors |
---|---|
Operating system | RT-11, OS/8, RSX-11, OpenVMS, DOS, OS-9, MSX-DOS, FlexOS, SISNE plus, OS/2, Windows, ReactOS, KolibriOS, SymbOS, DexOS |
Platform | Cross-platform |
Type | Command |
In
computing, del
(or erase
) is a
command in
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
file system.
The command is available for various
operating systems including
DOS,
Microware
OS-9,
[1]
IBM
OS/2,
[2]
Microsoft
Windows
[3] and
ReactOS.
[4] It is analogous to the
Unix
rm
command and to the
Stratus
OpenVOS delete_file
and delete_dir
commands.
[5]
DEC
RT-11,
[6]
OS/8,
[7]
RSX-11,
[8] and
OpenVMS
[9] also provide the delete
command which can be contracted to del
.
AmigaDOS
[10] and
TSC
FLEX
[11] provide a delete
command as well.
The erase
command is supported by
Tim Paterson's
SCP
86-DOS.
[12] On
MS-DOS, the command is available in versions 1 and later.
[13] It is also available in the
open-source MS-DOS
emulator
DOSBox.
Datalight
ROM-DOS also includes an implementation of the del
and erase
commands.
[14]
While
Digital Research
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.
[15]
THEOS/OASIS
[16] and
FlexOS
[17] provide only the erase
command.
In
PowerShell, del
and erase
are predefined
command aliases for the Remove-Item
cmdlet which basically serves the same purpose.
>del filename
>erase filename