linux remove folder with files 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: how to remove folder and its contents in linux

rm -rf dirname

Example 3: linux remove folder and all his content

rm -rf /path/to/directory/*

Example 4: linux remove folder and all his content

rm -rf /path/to/directory

Example 5: remove folder and contents linux

# Remove Single File Using rm:
rm file1.txt
# Remove Directory and it's contents:
rm -r dir1 			# '-r' is short for '-recursive' 
# Remove empty Directory:
rm -d dir1 			# '-d' is short for '-dir'

Example 6: remove full dir

rm -r mydir