Java I/O How to - Delete a file using java.nio.file.Files

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Question

We would like to know how to delete a file using java.nio.file.Files.

Answer

import java.net.URI;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
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public class Main {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception{
    Path p = Paths.get(new URI("file:///tmp.txt"));
  System.out.println(p);
    Files.delete(p);
  }
}

The code above generates the following result.

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