Using shell to delete a file

[PhilOfPerth]

It works! Thank you.
Now, onward and upward!  
Is there a  function to create a "backup" of a file, (say myfilebak, from myfile)?

There are no commands to directly make copies or backup of files. But you could write one with a few lines of code like:

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' Copies src to dst

' Set overwite to true if dst should be overwritten if present

SUB CopyFile (src AS STRING, dst AS STRING, overwrite AS _BYTE)

    IF _FILEEXISTS(src) THEN

        IF NOT _FILEEXISTS(dst) OR (_FILEEXISTS(dst) AND overwrite) THEN

            _WRITEFILE dst, _READFILE$(src)

        END IF

    END IF

END SUB

Thanks again.
That code stretched my primitive mind to its fullest extent, but I eventually interpreted it to Phil-ese, to read:

If the original (src) exists, then
 if there’s no backup (dst), or there is a backup but overwrite is set, then copy the src to dst
write the original to backup

Now, to try it!