Answers for "how to delete a dir in linux"

33

delete directory linux

rm -rf dir1
Posted by: Guest on March-06-2020
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
1

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.
Posted by: Guest on May-16-2020
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
3

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.
Posted by: Guest on October-06-2020
2

remove directory linux

rm -rf /path/to/directory/*
Posted by: Guest on November-03-2020

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