NAME

       knife-delete - The man page for the knife delete subcommand.

       The  knife  delete subcommand is used to delete an object from a server. This subcommand works similar to
       knife cookbook delete, knife data bag delete, knife environment delete, knife node delete, and knife role
       delete, but with a single verb (and a single action).

       Common Options

       The following options can be run with all Knife sub-commands and plug-ins:

       -c CONFIG, --config CONFIG
              The configuration file to use.

       --color
              Indicates that colored output will be used.

       -d, --disable-editing
              Indicates that $EDITOR will not be opened; data will be accepted as-is.

       --defaults
              Indicates that Knife will use the default value, instead of asking a user to provide one.

       -e EDITOR, --editor EDITOR
              The $EDITOR that is used for all interactive commands.

       -E ENVIRONMENT, --environment ENVIRONMENT
              The name of the environment. When this option is added to a command, the  command  will  run  only
              against the named environment.

       -f FILE_NAME, --file FILE_NAME
              Indicates that the private key will be saved to a specified file name.

       -F FORMAT, --format FORMAT
              The output format: summary (default), text, json, yaml, and pp.

       -h, --help
              Shows help for the command.

       -k KEY, --key KEY
              The private key that Knife will use to sign requests made by the API client to the server.

       --no-color
              Indicates that color will not be used in the output.

       -p PASSWORD, --password PASSWORD
              The user password.

       --print-after
              Indicates that data will be shown after a destructive operation.

       -s URL, --server-url URL
              The URL for the server.

       -u USER, --user USER
              The  user name used by Knife to sign requests made by the API client to the server. Authentication
              will fail if the user name does not match the private key.

       -v, --version
              The version of the chef-client.

       -V, --verbose
              Set for more verbose outputs. Use -VV for maximum verbosity.

       -y, --yes
              Indicates that the response to all confirmation prompts will be "Yes" (and that Knife will not ask
              for confirmation).

       Syntax

       This argument has the following syntax:

       $ knife delete [PATTERN...] (options)

       Options

       This subcommand has the following options:

       --both Indicates that both local and remote copies of an object should be deleted. Default: false.

       --chef-repo-path PATH
              The path to the chef-repo. This setting will override the default path to the chef-repo.  Default:
              same as specified by chef_repo_path in config.rb.

       --concurrency
              The number of allowed concurrent connections. Default: 10.

       --local
              Indicates  that  only  the local copy of an object should be deleted. (The remote copy will not be
              deleted.) Default: false.

       -r, --[no-]recurse
              Use --recurse to delete directories recursively. Default: --no-recurse.

       --repo-mode MODE
              The layout of the local chef-repo. Possible values: static, everything, or hosted_everything.  Use
              static  for  just  roles,  environments,  cookbooks,  and  data  bags.  By default, everything and
              hosted_everything are dynamically selected depending on the server  type.  Default:  everything  /
              hosted_everything.

AUTHOR

       Opscode

                                                   Chef 11.8.0                                   KNIFE-DELETE(1)