diff --git a/find_duplicate_files/find_duplicate_files.py b/find_duplicate_files/find_duplicate_files.py
index 344946d..192d1e7 100644
--- a/find_duplicate_files/find_duplicate_files.py
+++ b/find_duplicate_files/find_duplicate_files.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import re
 
 class find_duplicate_files:
 
-    def __init__(self, debug_level, log_file, dummy, first_directory, second_directory, exclude, limit, output_file):
+    def __init__(self, debug_level, log_file, dummy, first_directory, second_directory, exclude, limit, output_file, delete_duplicates):
         ''' Initial function called when object is created '''
         self.config = dict()
         self.config['debug_level'] = debug_level
@@ -47,8 +47,12 @@ class find_duplicate_files:
                 count += 1
                 self._log.info(f"# Checking file {count} of {total}")
                 if hash in second_files:
-                    self._log.info(f"#File '{first_files[hash]}' is dupe with '{second_files[hash]}'.")
-                    self._log.info(f"rm '{first_files[hash]}'")
+                    self._log.info(f"#File '{first_files[hash]}' is a duplicate of '{second_files[hash]}'.")
+                    if delete_duplicates:
+                        self._log.warning(f"Removed file '{first_files[hash]}', duplicate of '{second_files[hash]}'.")
+                        os.remove(first_files[hash])
+                    else:
+                        self._log.info(f"rm '{first_files[hash]}'")
                     output_pointer.write(f"rm '{first_files[hash]}'\n")
 
     def _init_db_cache(self, cache_file='/var/cache/find_duplicate_files.cache.sql'):
@@ -185,9 +189,10 @@ class find_duplicate_files:
 @click.option('--exclude', '-e', multiple=True, help='Regular expression pattern to exclude from files and directories.')
 @click.option('--limit', '-l', default=0, type=int, help='Limit to a certain number of files to check.')
 @click.option('--output-file', '-o', default='/tmp/delete_duplicates_commands.sh', help='File to write the commands to delete duplicate files. USE WITH CAUTION!')
+@click.option('--delete-duplicates', default=False, is_flag=True, help='Delete duplicate files instead of creating commands file')
 @click_config_file.configuration_option()
-def __main__(debug_level, log_file, dummy, first_directory, second_directory, exclude, limit, output_file):
-    return find_duplicate_files(debug_level, log_file, dummy, first_directory, second_directory, exclude, limit, output_file)
+def __main__(debug_level, log_file, dummy, first_directory, second_directory, exclude, limit, output_file, delete_duplicates):
+    return find_duplicate_files(debug_level, log_file, dummy, first_directory, second_directory, exclude, limit, output_file, delete_duplicates)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     __main__()