How to Delete a File or Directory in Linux

Use the rmdir command to remove the directory, specified by the Directory parameter, from the system. The directory must be empty (it can contain only . and ..) ...

Delete the directory: To delete the directory, use the rmdir command followed by the name of the directory. Type rmdir my_directory and press  ...

By using the command “rm” followed by “-r” and the folder name, you can delete a full folder including all its files and subfolders.

The simplest case is deleting a single file in the current directory. Type the rm command, a space, and then the name of the file you want to delete.

Removing files from your Mac forever using Terminal is deceptively simple: just use the rm command followed by the name of the file.

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

To remove a directory in Linux, use either the rmdir or rm command. The rmdir or rm -d command is for removing empty directories, while the rm -r command ...

The rmdir command will delete an empty directory. To delete a directory and all of its contents recursively, use rm -r instead.

rm -rf * Would remove everything (folders & files) in the current directory. But be careful! Only execute this command if you are absolutely sure, that you are ...

To remove a directory and all its contents, including any subdirectories and files, use the rm command with the recursive option, -r . $ rm -r veggies3 $ ...