Comments on: How To Empty the Ubuntu Gnome Trash from the Command Line http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/how-to-empty-the-ubuntu-gnome-trash-from-the-command-line/ Computer Help from your Friendly How-To Geek Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:04:03 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Bodsda http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/how-to-empty-the-ubuntu-gnome-trash-from-the-command-line/comment-page-1/#comment-68549 Bodsda Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:09:55 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/how-to-empty-the-ubuntu-gnome-trash-from-the-command-line/#comment-68549 Just in case anyone was blissfully unaware, the command sudo rm -rf ~/.Trash/* means, remove recursively(include subfolders, and subsubfolders etc.) forceably(dont ask me for confirmation) everything in this folder(The * is a wildcard meaning it matches 'everything' in the folder) so whatever you do, dont do sudo rm -rf /* unless you want to loose all your data Bodsda Just in case anyone was blissfully unaware, the command

sudo rm -rf ~/.Trash/*

means, remove recursively(include subfolders, and subsubfolders etc.) forceably(dont ask me for confirmation) everything in this folder(The * is a wildcard meaning it matches ‘everything’ in the folder)

so whatever you do, dont do

sudo rm -rf /*

unless you want to loose all your data

Bodsda

]]> By: Priya http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/how-to-empty-the-ubuntu-gnome-trash-from-the-command-line/comment-page-1/#comment-62550 Priya Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:50:30 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/how-to-empty-the-ubuntu-gnome-trash-from-the-command-line/#comment-62550 sudo rm -rf '/home/username/.local/share/Trash' on Ubuntu 8.04 thanks alot... sudo rm -rf ‘/home/username/.local/share/Trash’ on Ubuntu 8.04
thanks alot…

]]> By: Liquid http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/how-to-empty-the-ubuntu-gnome-trash-from-the-command-line/comment-page-1/#comment-57090 Liquid Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:52:47 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/how-to-empty-the-ubuntu-gnome-trash-from-the-command-line/#comment-57090 LoL, he was type it 6 days before you..... LoL, he was type it 6 days before you…..

]]> By: sam http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/how-to-empty-the-ubuntu-gnome-trash-from-the-command-line/comment-page-1/#comment-51131 sam Sat, 31 May 2008 11:30:02 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/how-to-empty-the-ubuntu-gnome-trash-from-the-command-line/#comment-51131 For those of you who could not find the solution try this In the command line type the following $sudo nautilus /home/[your user folder] After this a window will open then view the hidden files using Ctrl+h and go to .local/share/Trash/files There you will find the files that are in trash remove it directly... This is found in ubuntu 8.04 Oh already Joel has told that any way i am submitting it. Only after typing it i found it. For those of you who could not find the solution try this

In the command line type the following
$sudo nautilus /home/[your user folder]

After this a window will open then view the hidden files using Ctrl+h and go to .local/share/Trash/files

There you will find the files that are in trash remove it directly…

This is found in ubuntu 8.04

Oh already Joel has told that any way i am submitting it. Only after typing it i found it.

]]> By: Joel http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/how-to-empty-the-ubuntu-gnome-trash-from-the-command-line/comment-page-1/#comment-50496 Joel Mon, 26 May 2008 05:15:15 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/how-to-empty-the-ubuntu-gnome-trash-from-the-command-line/#comment-50496 Yeah i got mine to work using the command: sudo rm -rf '/home/username/.local/share/Trash' on Ubuntu 8.04. Thanks a bunch as I needed this since I put files into the trash that were read-only, so then I didn't have permission to delete my own files. Damn I hate permissions sumetimes. Yeah i got mine to work using the command: sudo rm -rf ‘/home/username/.local/share/Trash’ on Ubuntu 8.04. Thanks a bunch as I needed this since I put files into the trash that were read-only, so then I didn’t have permission to delete my own files. Damn I hate permissions sumetimes.

]]> By: xMoDx http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/how-to-empty-the-ubuntu-gnome-trash-from-the-command-line/comment-page-1/#comment-50231 xMoDx Thu, 22 May 2008 01:28:40 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/how-to-empty-the-ubuntu-gnome-trash-from-the-command-line/#comment-50231 i found a fix here http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=5014310 User trash is in /home/username/.local/share/Trash Root trash is in /root/.local/share/Trash There are usually 2 subfolders in each of these, 'files' and 'info' i found a fix here

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=5014310

User trash is in /home/username/.local/share/Trash

Root trash is in /root/.local/share/Trash

There are usually 2 subfolders in each of these, ‘files’ and ‘info’

]]> By: xMoDx http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/how-to-empty-the-ubuntu-gnome-trash-from-the-command-line/comment-page-1/#comment-50228 xMoDx Thu, 22 May 2008 00:49:21 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/how-to-empty-the-ubuntu-gnome-trash-from-the-command-line/#comment-50228 not working on Ubuntu Hardy not working on Ubuntu Hardy

]]> By: Tom http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/how-to-empty-the-ubuntu-gnome-trash-from-the-command-line/comment-page-1/#comment-25048 Tom Sat, 20 Oct 2007 21:47:37 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/how-to-empty-the-ubuntu-gnome-trash-from-the-command-line/#comment-25048 I can't get this to work in 7.10. Has the command changed? I can’t get this to work in 7.10. Has the command changed?

]]> By: mozey http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/how-to-empty-the-ubuntu-gnome-trash-from-the-command-line/comment-page-1/#comment-21913 mozey Sun, 02 Sep 2007 18:44:50 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/how-to-empty-the-ubuntu-gnome-trash-from-the-command-line/#comment-21913 heheh, ofcourse!, .Trash!!!!!!!, where else would it be!? i was looking for that damn directory for a long time!. heheh, ofcourse!, .Trash!!!!!!!, where else would it be!? i was looking for that damn directory for a long time!.

]]> By: Sayne http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/how-to-empty-the-ubuntu-gnome-trash-from-the-command-line/comment-page-1/#comment-20002 Sayne Sun, 22 Jul 2007 23:42:28 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/how-to-empty-the-ubuntu-gnome-trash-from-the-command-line/#comment-20002 Thank you for this. There was some old src files in my bin that I didn't have permission to delete (I don't know how), and with this command all I had to do was add a sudo in front and it worked brilliantly! Cheers! Thank you for this. There was some old src files in my bin that I didn’t have permission to delete (I don’t know how), and with this command all I had to do was add a sudo in front and it worked brilliantly! Cheers!

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