---
name: "empty-trash"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "trash-cli"
version: "0.1.10.28-2"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/empty-trash"
---

# empty-trash(1)

Command line trash utility.

## NAME

trash - Command line trash utility.

## SYNOPSIS

**trash** \[*arguments*\] ...

## DESCRIPTION

This package provides a command line interface trashcan utility compliant with the FreeDesktop.org Trash Specification. It remembers the name, original path, deletion date, and permissions of each trashed file

## ARGUMENTS

- To remove all trashed files, use 'emtpy-trash'

  - To remove files that have been in the trash more than a given number of days, use 'empty-trash x', 'x' representing the nuber of days.

  ## BUGS

Report bugs to Andrea Francia \<andreafrancia@users.sourceforge.net\>

## AUTHORS

Trash was written by Andrea Francia \<andreafrancia@users.sourceforge.net\> and Einar Orn Olason \<eoo@hi.is\>. This manual page was written by Steve Stalcup \<vorian@ubuntu.com\>.

## SEE ALSO

[list-trash(1)](/list-trash/1.md), [restore-trash(1)](/restore-trash/1.md), [list-trash(1)](/list-trash/1.md), [empty-trash(1)](/empty-trash/1.md), and the FreeDesktop.org Trash Specification at  http://www.ramendik.ru/docs/trashspec.html\

Both are released under the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later.