delete directory debian code example

Example 1: how to remove folder and its contents in linux

rm -rf dirname

Example 2: delete directory linux

rm -rf dir1

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'

Example 4: how to delete directory in unix

rmdir directoryname  	// This is will delete an empty directory. 

rmdir -r directoryname 	// This is will delete everything in the directory
						// including all files and subdirectories.