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how to remove folder and its contents in linux

shell by code fighter on Oct 07 2020 Donate

rm -rf dirname

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linux remove folder and all his content

shell by Gentle Gibbon on Feb 29 2020 Donate

rm -rf /path/to/directory/*

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linux remove folder and all his content

shell by Gentle Gibbon on Feb 29 2020 Donate

rm -rf /path/to/directory

Source: askubuntu.com

remove directory linux

shell by Mobile Star

on Mar 13 2020 Donate

# To delete a single file, use the rm or unlink command followed by the file name:

unlink filename
rm filename

# To delete multiple files at once, use the rm command followed by the file names separated by space.
rm filename1 filename2 filename3
# 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

# To remove non-empty directories and all the files without being prompted, use rm with the -r (recursive) and -f options:
rm -rf dirname

#To remove multiple directories at once, use the rm -r command followed by the directory names separated by space.
rm -r dirname1 dirname2 dirname3

remove directory and contents

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