remove directory and its contents linux code example

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

rm -rf dirname

Example 2: how to remove directory in cmd

# for removing empty directory
$ rmdir myDirectory

# to remove a directory that contains files and subdirectory
$ rm -r myDirectory
rm -rf /config/filegroups/*/

Example 3: remove directory from linux

rm -r filename

rm -rf filename

this command remove the directory and subdirectory forecefully