delete all files in folder terminal using 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: terminal remove files starting with

find  . -name 'name*' -exec rm {} \;

Example 3: linux remove folder and all his content

rm -rf /path/to/directory