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+require 'chef/chef_fs/knife'
+require 'chef/chef_fs/file_system'
+
+class Chef
+  class Knife
+    class Delete < Chef::ChefFS::Knife
+      banner "knife delete [PATTERN1 ... PATTERNn]"
+
+      common_options
+
+      option :recurse,
+        :long => '--[no-]recurse',
+        :boolean => true,
+        :default => false,
+        :description => "Delete directories recursively."
+
+      def run
+        # Get the matches (recursively)
+        pattern_args.each do |pattern|
+          Chef::ChefFS::FileSystem.list(chef_fs, pattern) do |result|
+            begin
+              result.delete(config[:recurse])
+              puts "Deleted #{result.path_for_printing}"
+            rescue Chef::ChefFS::FileSystem::NotFoundError
+              STDERR.puts "#{result.path_for_printing}: No such file or directory"
+            end
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
+