remove directory linux with files 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: linux remove folder and all his content

rm -rf /path/to/directory/*

Example 3: remove directory linux

# To delete a single file, use the rm or unlink command followed by the file name:

unlink filename
rm filename

# To delete multiple files at once, use the rm command followed by the file names separated by space.
rm filename1 filename2 filename3
# To remove an empty directory, use either rmdir or rm -d followed by the directory name:
rm -d dirname
rmdir dirname

# To remove non-empty directories and all the files within them, use the rm command with the-r (recursive) option:
rm -r dirname

# To remove non-empty directories and all the files without being prompted, use rm with the -r (recursive) and -f options:
rm -rf dirname

#To remove multiple directories at once, use the rm -r command followed by the directory names separated by space.
rm -r dirname1 dirname2 dirname3

Example 4: remove a file or dir in linux or mac or ubuntu

note:your_file_name can be a dir or a file 

sudo rm -r your_file_name

Example 5: 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/*/