remove directory linux
# 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