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Taking a look at man sftp, I see two commands that would match:
Code:
     rm path
             Delete remote file specified by path.

     rmdir path
             Remove remote directory specified by path.

Both take no arguments. 'rm', in this case is only for files, while 'rmdir' is only for empty directories. Both are completely independent of the usual shell commands you might know, but are instead a part of the SSH server (sftp module).

You can probably remove all the files you fetched using 'rm *' (assuming you have the rights to do so), but you'll have to descend into each directory you got, remove the files, and then remove the directory.

A faster, but less portable, way would be to fetch the files using sftp, and then delete them using
Code:
ssh user@host 'cd /path/for/files; rm -r *'

Be advised, though, using 'rm -r' without care can easily result in a damaged system, and should be avoided where ever possible.
 

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LEARN ABOUT OPENDARWIN

sftp-server

sftp-server(1M)                                           System Administration Commands                                           sftp-server(1M)

NAME

       sftp-server - SFTP server subsystem

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/lib/ssh/sftp-server

DESCRIPTION

       sftp-server implements the server side of the SSH File Transfer Protocol as defined in the IETF draft-ietf-secsh-filexfer.

       sftp-server is a subsystem for sshd(1M) and must not be run directly. There are no options or config settings.

       To enable the sftp-server subsystem for sshd add the following to /etc/ssh/sshd_config:

       Subsystem   sftp     /usr/lib/ssh/sftp-server

       See sshd_config(4) for a description of the format and contents of that file.

       There is no relationship between the protocol used by sftp-server and the FTP protocol (RFC 959) provided by in.ftpd.

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       0        Successful completion.

       >0       An error occurred.

FILES

       /usr/lib/sftp-server

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         |      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability                 |SUNWsshdu                    |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability          |Evolving                     |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       sftp(1), ssh(1), ssh-add(1), ssh-keygen(1), sshd(1M), sshd_config(4), attributes(5)

       To  view  license  terms,  attribution,  and  copyright  for OpenSSH, the default path is /var/sadm/pkg/SUNWsshdr/install/copyright. If the
       Solaris operating environment has been installed anywhere other than the default, modify the given path to access the file at the installed
       location.

AUTHOR

       Markus Friedl

SunOS 5.10                                                          30 Jul 2003                                                    sftp-server(1M)
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