delete everything in a directory linux code example

Example 1: delete directory linux

rm -rf dir1

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: linux remove folder and all his content

rm -rf /path/to/directory

Example 4: linux remove folder and all his content

rm -f /path/to/directory/{*,.*}