Deleting a Folder Immediately

Hi
I'm new to Applescript and have not been able to find an answer after doing a search on the web or in this forum; is there a command that deletes a folder or file immediately rather than just moving it to the trash?

using the unix command rm is much faster than deleting files with finder commands in applescript. (this is true of shell scripting in general)
before starting, you should learn more about the command by opening a new window in the Terminal app and typing:
man rm
this will tell you all the details about how it works.
Also, when using unix commands, remember to use "quoted form of posix path of (file alias)". Finder paths (colon separated) will not compute.

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