linux remove non-empty directory code example
Example 1: how to delete a non empty directory in linux
1. To recursively delete use
$ rm -r dirname
2.To forcefully delete use
$ rm -rf dirname
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.