How to Remove All Files in a Linux Directory [3 Ways]

To remove all non-hidden files and sub-directories (along with all of their contents) in a directory use: rm -r /path/to/directory/*

Use rm * from within the specific directory. The * is a wildcard that matches all files. It will not remove subdirectories or files inside them.

Although find allows you to delete files using -exec rm {} -; you can use find /direcname -maxdepth 1 -type f -delete and it is faster.

You can do this using del and the /S flag (to tell it to remove all files from all subdirectories): del /S C:-Path-to-directory-*.

This can be accomplished using PowerShell: Get-ChildItem -Path C:-Temp -Include *.* -File -Recurse | foreach { $_.Delete()}.

Using the find method I was able to delete one directory per minute. Using the rm -rf dirname I am able to delete 1 directories every 2 seconds.

To delete everything in a directory run: rm /path/to/dir/*; To remove all sub-directories and files: rm -r /path/to/dir/*. Let us see ...

To delete the file named myfile, type the following: rm myfile · To delete all the files in the mydir directory, one by one, type the following: rm -i mydir/*

Just run: rm /path/to/dir/*. To delete all files and sub-directories pass the -r option: rm -r /path/to/dir/*.

find ~/Fruits -type f -delete will delete all files, including those in any subdirectories. find ~/Fruits -maxdepth 1 -type f -delete deletes ...