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Delete or remove a directory Linux command

Posted by Vivek Gite [Last updated: March 11, 2008]

Q. I am new to Linux and command line. How do I delete or remove a directory?

A. Use rmdir command. This command remove the DIRECTORY(ies), if they are empty. For example type following command to remove /tmp/docs directory:

$ rmdir /tmp/docs
If directory is not empty you will get an error:$ rmdir lettersOutput:

rmdir: letters: Directory not empty

You can chage directory to find out files:

$ cd letters
$ ls

Linux remove entire directory

To remove all directories and subdirectories use rm command. For example remove letters and all subdirectories and files inside this directory, type the following command:
$ rm -rf letters/

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  1. yogi Says:

    very good
    i give five star

  2. vishwa Says:

    i tried it , very good can delete a large directory also.

    i give 5 stars

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