Problems with the command delete function in applescript

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I have an applescript that I am using to clear out a huge folder. I can select all of the files but how can I indicate the "command delete" key while keeping all of the files selected? Basically after the "command a function" if I try to preform the "command delete" function it deselects all of those previously selected files.

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keystroke "backspace" using command down

[might be delete rather than backspace - auto-deletes are not something I want to be playing with on my first coffee of the day] ;)

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Yes, this is just a result of years of using a PC.

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