How do I delete / remove a directory under UNIX operating systems?
You need to use rmdir command to remove a directory. It will remove the directory entry specified by each dirname operand, which must refer to an empty directory.
For example, to remove a directory called “cppcode”, enter:
rmdir cppcode
Note: A directory must be empty before it can be removed. Use rm command to remove all files from a directory:
cd cppcode
rm *.cpp
cd ..
rmdir cppcode
You can also recursively remove directories and subdirectories. The directory will be emptied of files and removed using rm command:
rm -r oldletters
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Hi thanks..
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thank u.I want more basic comends in unix
What are the other conditions for deleting/removing directories…….?
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learning unix begins with deleting directories.
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The commands are well explained with proper example. Very helpful!!
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Thanks. It works.
if you do rm -fr cppcode, it will forcefully delete the directory(making it empty and delete).
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KARAN
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You could also do a:
rm -rf
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thanks a lot..it solved my problem in a beautiful way
rm -fr also removed forcefully.
Is there any way to delete directory recurisively,,without deleting content of each directory .