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rails destroy — Destroy Rails resources. More information: <https://guides.rubyonrails.org/command_line.html#bin-rai

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Problem

How to use the rails destroy command: Destroy Rails resources. More information: <https://guides.rubyonrails.org/command_line.html#bin-rails-destroy>.

Solution

rails destroy — Destroy Rails resources. More information: <https://guides.rubyonrails.org/command_line.html#bin-rails-destroy>.

List all available generators to destroy:

rails destroy

Destroy a model named Post:

rails destroy model {{Post}}

Destroy a controller named Posts:

rails destroy controller {{Posts}}

Destroy a migration that creates Posts:

rails destroy migration {{CreatePosts}}

Destroy a scaffold for a model named Post:

rails destroy scaffold {{Post}}

Code Snippets

List all available generators to destroy

rails destroy

Destroy a model named Post

rails destroy model {{Post}}

Destroy a controller named Posts

rails destroy controller {{Posts}}

Destroy a migration that creates Posts

rails destroy migration {{CreatePosts}}

Destroy a scaffold for a model named Post

rails destroy scaffold {{Post}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/rails destroy

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