rm for a directory linux code example

Example 1: how to delete a dir in linux

#In linux Terminal:
	#To make a directory:
		mkdir directory_name
	#To delete a directory: 
		rmdir directory_name

Example 2: rm directory linux

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.