Empty trash via terminal

My unfortunate error, but what are the current Terminal steps to force empty the trash in Catalina?

Thank you

iMac Line (2012 and Later)

Posted on Jun 11, 2020 12:27 PM

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Posted on Jun 11, 2020 12:36 PM

You can try this command in Terminal: sudo rm -rf ~/.Trash/*


However, if you've tried to delete files from a Time Machine backup drive via the finder you should try the process described in this Youtube video: https://youtu.be/XJEYKTYm6hY


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