rm remove directory code example

Example 1: linux remove folder and all his content

rm -rf /path/to/directory

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 and contents

rm -R directory

Example 4: linux delete subfolders

rm -rf /config/filegroups/*/

Example 5: remove directory linux

rm -rf /path/to/directory/*

Example 6: 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.