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NAME

6       trash-empty - Empty for Command line trash utility.
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SYNOPSIS

10       trash-empty [arguments]
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DESCRIPTION

14       Remove  for  ever any trashed file and trashed directory.  This command
15       is a part of trash-cli package that provides a command  line  interface
16       trashcan  utility  compliant  with the FreeDesktop.org Trash Specifica‐
17       tion.  It remembers the name, original path, deletion date, and permis‐
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ARGUMENTS

22       To remove all trashed files, use 'trash-empty' without arguments.
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24       To remove files that have been in the trash more than a given number of
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EXAMPLES

29       $ date
30       Tue Feb 19 20:26:52 CET 2008
31       $ trash-list
32       2008-02-19 20:11:34 /home/einar/today
33       2008-02-18 20:11:34 /home/einar/yesterday
34       2008-02-10 20:11:34 /home/einar/last_week
35       $ trash-empty 7
36       $ trash-list
37       2008-02-19 20:11:34 /home/einar/today
38       2008-02-18 20:11:34 /home/einar/yesterday
39       $ trash-empty 1
40       $ trash-list
41       2008-02-19 20:11:34 /home/einar/today
42       $ trash-empty
43       $ trash-list
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BUGS

48       Report  bugs to https://github.com/andreafrancia/trash-cli/issues or to
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IF YOU WANT SAY THANKS

53       Tweet (to @andreafrancia or #trash-cli) or donate 1, 2 or 5 euros using
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CREDITS

59       Trash was written by  Andrea  Francia  <andrea@andreafrancia.it>.   The
60       original  version  of  trash-empty  was contributed by Einar Orn Olason
61       <eoo@hi.is>.  The first version of manual pages was  written  by  Steve
62       Stalcup <vorian@ubuntu.com> and was modified by Massimo Cavalleri <sub‐
63       max@tiscalinet.it>.
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SEE ALSO

67       trash-put(1), trash-list(1),  trash-restore(1),  trash-rm(1),  and  the
68       FreeDesktop.org            Trash            Specification            at
69       http://www.ramendik.ru/docs/trashspec.html.
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71       Both are released under the GNU General Public License,  version  2  or
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