Delete / Remove a Directory Linux Command
You can use the following commands to delete the directory (also known as folder in the Macintosh OS X and Microsoft Windows operating system).
a] rmdir command - Deletes the specified empty directories.
| Tutorial details | |
|---|---|
| Difficulty | Easy (rss) |
| Root privileges | No |
| Requirements | rmdir command |
| Estimated completion time | Less than a minute |
Syntax- rmdir command
The rmdir command remove the DIRECTORY(ies), if they are empty. The syntax is:
rmdir directory-name
rmdir [option] directory-name
rmdir [option] directory-name
Examples
Open a command-line terminal (select Applications > Accessories > Terminal), and then type the following command to remove a directory called /tmp/docs:
rmdir /tmp/docs
If a directory is not empty you will get an error:
Output:
$ rmdir lettersOutput:
rmdir: letters: Directory not empty
You can cd to the directory to find out files:
$ cd letters
$ ls
In this example, remove data, foo and bar if bar were empty, foo only contained bar and data only contained foo directories:
cd /home/nixcraft rmdir -p data/foo/bar
Where,
- -p - Each directory argument is treated as a pathname of which all components will be removed, if they are empty, starting with the last most component.
Linux remove entire directory including all files and sub-directories command
To remove all directories and subdirectories use rm command. For example remove *.doc files and all subdirectories and files inside letters directory, type the following command (warningall files including subdirectories will be deleted permanently):
Where,
$ rm -rf letters/Where,
- -r : Attempt to remove the file hierarchy rooted in each file argument i.e. recursively remove subdirectories and files from the specified directory.
- -f : Attempt to remove the files without prompting for confirmation, regardless of the file's permissions
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