How to delete trash items using terminal?

Question

I have some important and some unimportant items in trash.

I need to delete the unimportant files from trash, but when I empty the trash, my important files are also deleted.

How to delete trash items using terminal in MacOS?

Protron · Answer 1 · 2010-10-26 13:30:16Z

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sudo rm --f

Then Drag and drop the file(s) you wish to delete onto the open Terminal window

answered Oct 26 '10 at 13:30

Thank you for you answer it really help to me – sri Oct 26 '10 at 13:31

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