delete files inside 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: how to remove file from directory in linux

rm /home/harry/ascii.txt

Example 3: linux delete files in folders without deleting the folder

find /path/to/directory -type f -exec rm -iv {} \;