How can I delete the current file in vim?

Question

How can I delete from the disk the current open file from within vim? Would be nice to also close the buffer.

I see you can use NERDTree for that, but I don\'t use this

Answer 1

Using an external tool such as rm(1) is fine, but Vim also has its own delete() function for deleting files. This has the advantage of being portable.

:call delete(expand('%'))

An alternative way of expressing this is :call delete(@%), which uses the % (current file) register (tip by @accolade).

To completely purge the current buffer, both the file representation on disk and the Vim buffer, append :bdelete:

:call delete(expand('%')) | bdelete!

You'll probably want to map this according to your preferences.