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ERASE Command

ERASE: ERASE command is used to delete file from file system.

> erase doc3.txt

Output:
C:\DOS_CLEARN>dir
Volume in drive C is OS
Volume Serial Number is 44F9-CC8C

Directory of C:\DOS_CLEARN

23-05-2018 00:00 <DIR> .
23-05-2018 00:00 <DIR> ..
22-05-2018 23:42 43 doc.txt
23-05-2018 00:00 0 doc3.txt
2 File(s) 43 bytes
2 Dir(s) 821,376,778,240 bytes free

C:\DOS_CLEARN>erase doc3.txt

C:\DOS_CLEARN>dir
Volume in drive C is OS
Volume Serial Number is 44F9-CC8C

Directory of C:\DOS_CLEARN

23-05-2018 00:01 <DIR> .
23-05-2018 00:01 <DIR> ..
22-05-2018 23:42 43 doc.txt
1 File(s) 43 bytes
2 Dir(s) 821,378,523,136 bytes free

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