delete contents of folder linux code example
Example 1: how to remove folder and its contents in linux
rm -rf dirname
Example 2: 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 3: remove folder and contents linux
# Remove Single File Using rm:
rm file1.txt
# Remove Directory and it's contents:
rm -r dir1 # '-r' is short for '-recursive'
# Remove empty Directory:
rm -d dir1 # '-d' is short for '-dir'