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The /remove command can be used to delete a file permanently or sends it to the recycle bin. The filename cannot be a wildcard pattern. This command prints "* Removed '<filename>'", to avoid that message, use the dot prefix (i.e. use /.remove).

Synopsis[edit]

/remove -b <filename>

Switches[edit]

• -b - Send the file to the recycle bin

Parameters[edit]

• <filename> - the file to remove. Your filename can be case-insensitive, but cannot include ?* wildcards. In the absence of a full path, filenames are assumed to be relative to $mircdir. If the <filename> contains any spaces, it must be enclosed in quotes.

Note: If filename contains 2+ consecutive spaces, this command searches for a filename without the duplicate space, and deletes that file instead, if it exists.

Example[edit]

; Create and write to a file
/write foo.txt Hello There
 
; Remove the file
/remove foo.txt
 
; Delete a filename containing space from downloads subfolder
//.remove $qt(downloads\test filename.txt)

Note: The dot prefix hides both the success message and the "no such file" error.

Compatibility[edit]

Added: mIRC v4.0
Added on: 20 Mar 1996
Note: Unless otherwise stated, this was the date of original functionality.
Further enhancements may have been made in later versions.

See also[edit]

• List of commands
• List of identifiers
• $mircdir
• $scriptdir
• $read
• $findfile
• $finddir
• /copy
• /mkdir
• /rename
• /rmdir
• /run
• /write