Trouble passing parameters to a scriptblock - powershell

Question

I am having alot of difficulty passing parameters to a script block in powershell.
$delScript={del C:\DateResults\* $args[0] $args[1] }
$result0 = Invoke-Command -ComputerName $targetServer.TrimStart("\\") -Credential $credentials -ScriptBlock $delScript -ArgumentList #("/q" , "/s")
I am starting to lose the plot trying to please the syntax hell of powershell and it's script block. I have researched this problem to death and I cannot even seem to get this basic problem working. I was hoping after spending the better part of 4hrs on this problem someone on SO could help me.
Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

You are having an issue since you are trying to run a old dos command that PowerShell created an alias for to help ease you into powershell. As mentioned in the comment del is an alias for Remove-Item. Remove-Item only accepts one positional argument which is -Path. To allow your script to work as is you should just be able change your $delScript to this
$delScript={cmd.exe /C del C:\DateResults\* $args[0] $args[1] }
Which would run your code the way you would expect. While I was typing this you already figured out the better approach which is to use the native Remove-Item and remove your -ArgumentList from Invoke-Command
$delScript={Remove-Item C:\DateResults\* -Recurse -Force}
I would also recommend you check Get-Alias to see other so you don't get yourself caught again.

Answer 2

Sorry, it was down to my own ignorance and stupidity. Hovering over 'del' in PowerGUI should have told me everything I needed to know.
Below is all I needed in the end.
$delScript={del C:\DateResults\* -Recurse -Force }
$result0 = Invoke-Command -ComputerName $targetServer.TrimStart("\\") -Credential $credentials -ScriptBlock $delScript