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+Describe "Test-Remove-Item" {
+    $testpath = "/tmp/"
+    $testfile = "testfile.txt"
+    $testfilepath = $testpath + $testfile
+    Context "File removal Tests" {
+        BeforeEach {
+            # redundant code in case the AfterEach fails
+            if (Test-Path $testfilepath)
+            {
+                Remove-Item $testfilepath -Force
+            }
+
+            New-Item -Name $testfile -Path $testpath -ItemType "file" -Value "lorem ipsum"
+
+            Test-path $testfilepath | Should Be $true
+        }
+
+        AfterEach {
+            if (Test-Path $testfilepath)
+            {
+                Remove-Item $testfilepath -Force
+            }
+
+            Test-Path $testfilepath | Should Be $false
+        }
+
+        It "Should be able to be called on a regular file without error using the Path switch" {
+            { Remove-Item -Path $testfilepath } | Should Not Throw
+        }
+
+        It "Should be able to be called on a file without the Path switch" {
+            { Remove-Item $testfilepath } | Should Not Throw
+        }
+
+        It "Should be able to call the rm alias" {
+            { rm $testfilepath } | Should Not Throw
+        }
+
+        It "Should be able to call the del alias" {
+            { del $testfilepath } | Should Not Throw
+        }
+
+        It "Should be able to call the erase alias" {
+            { erase $testfilepath } | Should Not Throw
+        }
+
+        It "Should be able to call the ri alias" {
+            { ri $testfilepath } | Should Not Throw
+        }
+
+        It "Should not be able to remove a read-only document without using the force switch" {
+        # Set to read only
+        Set-ItemProperty -Path $testfilepath -Name IsReadOnly -Value $true
+        # attempt to remove the file
+        { Remove-Item $testfilepath -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue } | Should Not Throw
+        # validate
+        Test-Path $testfilepath | Should Be $true
+
+        # set to not be read only
+        Set-ItemProperty -Path $testfilepath -Name IsReadOnly -Value $false
+        # remove
+        Remove-Item  $testfilepath -Force
+        # Validate 
+        Test-Path $testfilepath | Should Be $false
+    }
+
+        It "Should be able to remove all files matching a regular expression with the include switch" {
+         # Create multiple files with specific string
+         New-Item -Name file1.txt -Path $testpath -ItemType "file" -Value "lorem ipsum"
+         New-Item -Name file2.txt -Path $testpath -ItemType "file" -Value "lorem ipsum"
+         New-Item -Name file3.txt -Path $testpath -ItemType "file" -Value "lorem ipsum"
+         # Create a single file that does not match that string - already done in BeforeEach
+
+         # Delete the specific string
+         Remove-Item /tmp/* -Include file*.txt
+         # validate that the string under test was deleted, and the nonmatching strings still exist
+         Test-path /tmp/file1.txt | Should Be $false
+         Test-path /tmp/file2.txt | Should Be $false
+         Test-path /tmp/file3.txt | Should Be $false
+         Test-Path $testfilepath   | Should Be $true
+
+         # Delete the non-matching strings
+         Remove-Item $testfilepath
+        }
+
+        It "Should be able to not remove any files matching a regular expression with the exclude switch" {
+         # Create multiple files with specific string
+         New-Item -Name file1.wav -Path $testpath -ItemType "file" -Value "lorem ipsum"
+         New-Item -Name file2.wav -Path $testpath -ItemType "file" -Value "lorem ipsum"
+
+         # Create a single file that does not match that string
+         New-Item -Name file1.txt -Path $testpath -ItemType "file" -Value "lorem ipsum"
+         New-Item -Name file2.txt -Path $testpath -ItemType "file" -Value "lorem ipsum"
+
+         # Delete the specific string
+         Remove-Item /tmp/file* -Exclude *.wav -Include *.txt
+
+         # validate that the string under test was deleted, and the nonmatching strings still exist
+         Test-Path /tmp/file1.wav | Should Be $true
+         Test-Path /tmp/file2.wav | Should Be $true
+         Test-Path /tmp/file1.txt | Should Be $false
+         Test-path /tmp/file2.txt | Should Be $false
+
+         # Delete the non-matching strings
+         Remove-Item /tmp/file1.wav
+         Remove-Item /tmp/file2.wav
+
+         Test-Path /tmp/file1.wav | Should Be $false
+         Test-Path /tmp/file2.wav | Should Be $false
+        }
+    }
+
+    Context "Directory Removal Tests" {
+        $testdirectory = "/tmp/testdir"
+        $testsubdirectory = $testdirectory + "/subd"
+        BeforeEach{
+            if (Test-Path $testdirectory)
+            {
+                Remove-Item $testdirectory -Force
+            }
+
+            test-path $testdirectory | Should Be $false
+
+            New-Item -Name "testdir" -Path "/tmp/" -ItemType "directory"
+
+            test-path $testdirectory | Should Be $true
+        }
+
+        AfterEach {
+            if (Test-Path $testdirectory)
+            {
+                Remove-Item $testdirectory -Recurse -Force
+            }
+
+            Test-Path $testdirectory | Should Be $false
+        }
+
+        It "Should be able to remove a directory" {
+            { Remove-Item $testdirectory } | Should Not Throw
+        }
+
+        It "Should be able to recursively delete subfolders" {
+            New-Item -Name "subd" -Path $testdirectory -ItemType "directory"
+            New-Item -Name $testfile -Path $testsubdirectory -ItemType "file" -Value "lorem ipsum"
+
+            $complexDirectory = $testsubdirectory + "/" + $testfile
+            test-path $complexDirectory | Should Be $true
+
+            { Remove-Item $testdirectory -Recurse} | Should Not Throw
+        }
+    }
+}