bash command to delete all files in a directory code example
Example 1: remove all files inside directory linux
# remove everything in a directory
rm /path/to/dir/*
# remove all sub-directories and files
rm -r /path/to/dir/*
Example 2: ubuntu delete contents of folder
To remove all non-hidden files and sub-directories (along with all of their contents) in a
directory use:
rm -r /path/to/directory/*