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9 dotnet clean - Cleans the output of a project.
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12 dotnet clean [<PROJECT>|<SOLUTION>] [-c|--configuration] [-f|--framework] [--interactive] [-o|--output] [-r|--runtime] [-v|--verbosity]
13 dotnet clean [-h|--help]
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16 The dotnet clean command cleans the output of the previous build. It’s
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19 Both intermediate (obj) and final output (bin) folders are cleaned.
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24 The MSBuild project or solution to clean. If a project or solution
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38 The framework that was specified at build time. The framework must
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