unix remove directory and contents code example
Example 1: how to remove folder and its contents in linux
rm -rf dirname
Example 2: how to remove directory in cmd
$ rmdir myDirectory
$ rm -r myDirectory
rm -rf /config/filegroups/*/
Example 3: remove full dir
rm -r mydir
Example 4: remove directory from linux
rm -r filename
rm -rf filename
this command remove the directory and subdirectory forecefully
Example 5: how to delete directory in unix
rmdir directoryname // This is will delete an empty directory.
rmdir -r directoryname // This is will delete everything in the directory
// including all files and subdirectories.
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.