delete all in folder linux 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: delete all folders except one linux

find * -maxdepth 0 -name 'b' -prune -o -exec rm -rf '{}' ';'