Answers for "remove dir and contents linux"

6

linux remove folder and all his content

rm -rf /path/to/directory
Posted by: Guest on February-29-2020
35

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
Posted by: Guest on March-13-2020
2

remove a file or dir in linux or mac or ubuntu

note:your_file_name can be a dir or a file 

sudo rm -r your_file_name
Posted by: Guest on May-11-2020
2

how to delete a dir in linux

#In linux Terminal:
	#To make a directory:
		mkdir directory_name
	#To delete a directory: 
		rmdir directory_name
Posted by: Guest on November-19-2020
0

removing directories in linux

# find . -type d -name '*_cache' -exec rm -r {} +
Posted by: Guest on May-26-2021

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