delete -- destroy files or directories syntax: delete [-u] ex: delete this delete =.0 -u delete ?:dir Permanently destroys the specified file or directory. Wildcards are allowed. Before destroying a directory, the 'size' command is automatically used to compute the total size of the directory and everything in it, and you are given a chance NOT to destroy the directory. -u unlocks a file before trying to destroy it. When deleting a directory, -u unlocks each file before it is destroyed; otherwise any locked file in a directory will cause delete to stop with only some of the files deleted.