remove all files in a directory linux code example

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

rm -rf dirname

Example 2: delete all the files without one in linux

# delete all except the filename

$ rm -v !("filename")

Example 3: 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 4: remove full dir

rm -r mydir

Example 5: ubuntu delete contents of folder

To remove all non-hidden files and sub-directories (along with all of their contents) in a 
directory use:
rm -r /path/to/directory/*