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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
Posted by: Guest on June-10-2020
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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

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