How to remove file on android using ADB

Question

I am trying to remove a file on my android using a single ADB command.

I understand you can just do adb shell and then remove the file using rm.

But I need it to be a one line execution.

I’ve tried:

adb rm-f /directory/file.txt

adb shell rm-f /directory/file.txt

Both don’t delete the file I want.

Answer 1

Delete file on android:

adb shell rm sdcard/download/file.ext

Answer 2

I noticed in your comments you are looking for one line execution since you're gonna be using Python. Well as an alternative you could use the subprocess module to write to stdout allowing you to execute as many commands of choice

for example

import subprocess

process = subprocess.Popen([r'adb', 'arg1', 'arg2'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE,stdin=
subprocess.PIPE) #start adb
process.stdin.write('shell \n') # Parse in input into the program
process.stdin.write('rm *\n') # Parse in second input
line=process.stdout.readline() # Read a line from stdout