Mar 23, 2009 
It is possible to empty the trash in OS X from the command line by running the following command in the terminal:
rm -Rf ~/.Trash/*
This command permanently removes all the files you have placed in your OS X trash bin.
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OS X
I tried this and repeatedly get the following:
rm: No match.
What does that mean?
You probably have a problem with your PATH configuration. Take a look at your .bash_profile (or .bashrc) file. I’m surprised your machine would run at all if /bin is not in your path.
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