9.7. swift delete


Usage: swift delete
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Delete a container or objects within a container.

Positional arguments

[<container>]


        Name of container to delete from.

[<object>]


        Name of object to delete. Specify multiple times
      for multiple objects.

Optional arguments

-a, --all


        Delete all containers and objects.

--leave-segments


        Do not delete segments of manifest objects.

--object-threads <threads>


      Number of threads to use for deleting objects.
      Default is 10.

--container-threads <threads>


      Number of threads to use for deleting containers.
      Default is 10.

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