Remove-LongItem

NAME Remove-LongItem



SYNOPSIS

Deletes specified item.





SYNTAX

Remove-LongItem [-Path] <String> [-Recurse <SwitchParameter>] [-Force <SwitchParameter>] [<CommonParameters>]





DESCRIPTION

The Remove-LongItem cmdlet deletes filesystem items.





PARAMETERS

-Path <String>

Specifies a path to the items being removed. Wildcards are NOT permitted. The parameter name ("-Path") is

optional.



Required? true

Position? 0

Default value

Accept pipeline input? True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Recurse [<SwitchParameter>]

Deletes the items in the specified locations and in all child items of the locations.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value

Accept pipeline input? false

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Force [<SwitchParameter>]

Allows the cmdlet to remove items that cannot otherwise be changed, such as read-only files.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value

Accept pipeline input? false

Accept wildcard characters? false



<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,

ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,

OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see

about_CommonParameters (https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).



INPUTS

System.String













OUTPUTS

None

This cmdlet does not return any output.









NOTES









-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------



PS C:\\>Remove-LongItem -Path C:\\temp\\folder3\\drivers.txt -force



This command deletes a file that is read-only. It uses the Path parameter to specify the file. It uses the Force

parameter to give permission to delete it. Without Force, you cannot delete read-only files.

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 2 --------------------------



PS C:\\>Remove-LongItem -path C:\\temp\\folder7\\filenames -Recurse



This command deletes the folder 'filenames' including all files and sub-folders.



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