The output of sudo bleachbit --clean system.trash is:
Disk space recovered: 0
Files deleted: 0
The rubbish bin does contain items, and are still visible after running the command. Am I using the wrong syntax?
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1You run it as root and it cleans only root's trash. Why don't you clear the user's trash a more conventional way? – Pilot6 Oct 09 '20 at 15:08
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It's part of a larger script. Thanks, that makes sense. – ZR_ Oct 09 '20 at 15:10
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On Linux, sudo can change the user directory (~) to refer to the root user, so BleachBit will clean root's trash (under /root) instead of your standard account's trash (under /home/username). If you run BleachBit with sudo in GUI mode, it will warn you about this.
So, take off sudo to clean the normal user's trash.
See also the FAQ: On Linux do I need to run BleachBit both as a normal user and as an administrator?
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