Delete or remove a directory Linux command
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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Tags: delete directory command, Linux, remove directory command, rm -rf, rm command, rmdir command
April 28th, 2008 at 3:24 am
very good
i give five star
May 20th, 2008 at 10:25 am
i tried it , very good can delete a large directory also.
i give 5 stars