Delete files and directories using globs
Similar to rimraf, but with a Promise API and support for multiple files and globbing. It also protects you against deleting the current working directory and above.
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$ npm install del
const del = require('del');
(async () => {
const deletedFilePaths = await del(['temp/*.js', '!temp/unicorn.js']);
const deletedDirectoryPaths = await del(['temp', 'public']);
console.log('Deleted files:\n', deletedFilePaths.join('\n'));
console.log('\n\n');
console.log('Deleted directories:\n', deletedDirectoryPaths.join('\n));
})();The glob pattern ** matches all children and the parent.
So this won't work:
del.sync(['public/assets/**', '!public/assets/goat.png']);You have to explicitly ignore the parent directories too:
del.sync(['public/assets/**', '!public/assets', '!public/assets/goat.png']);To delete all subdirectories inside public/, you can do:
del.sync(['public/*/']);Suggestions on how to improve this welcome!
Note that glob patterns can only contain forward-slashes, not backward-slashes. Windows file paths can use backward-slashes as long as the path does not contain any glob-like characters, otherwise use path.posix.join() instead of path.join().
Returns Promise<string[]> with the deleted paths.
Returns string[] with the deleted paths.
Type: string | string[]
See the supported glob patterns.
Type: object
You can specify any of the globby options in addition to the below options. In contrast to the globby defaults, expandDirectories, onlyFiles, and followSymbolicLinks are false by default.
Type: boolean
Default: false
Allow deleting the current working directory and outside.
Type: boolean
Default: false
See what would be deleted.
const del = require('del');
(async () => {
const deletedPaths = await del(['temp/*.js'], {dryRun: true});
console.log('Files and directories that would be deleted:\n', deletedPaths.join('\n'));
})();Type: number
Default: Infinity
Minimum: 1
Concurrency limit.
See del-cli for a CLI for this module and trash-cli for a safe version that is suitable for running by hand.
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