remove all files in directory terminal 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: how to remove all files with a certain file type in terminal

rm -rf ./*.tmp

Example 3: ubuntu delete contents of folder

To remove all non-hidden files and sub-directories (along with all of their contents) in a 
directory use:
rm -r /path/to/directory/*

Example 4: how to remove all files with a certain file type in terminal

find /path -name '*.orig' -delete