Remove a directory

Latest revision as of 13:38, 16 October 2010

To remove a directory, use the command below:

$ rm -rf <directory>

In the above example, you would replace "<directory>" with the name of the directory you wish to delete.

-rf specifies recursive and force

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-How do I remove a full directory in Linux?
+To remove a directory, use the command below:
-Question:
+<pre>
+$ rm -rf <directory>
+</pre>
-How do I remove a full directory in Linux?
+In the above example, you would replace "<directory>" with the name of the directory you wish to delete.
-Answer:
+<code>-rf</code> specifies <b>r</b>ecursive and <b>f</b>orce
-To remove a directory that is full with other files and/or other directories, use the below command.
-rm -r directory
-Note: In the above example, you would replace "directory" with the name of the full directory you wish to delete. So if the directory was named files, you would type: rm -r files
-Additional information:
-When attempting to remove a directory using a command such as the rmdir command, you may receive a prompt such as "rmdir: 'dir': Directory not empty" and be unable to delete the directory.
-See our rm and rmdir commands for additional information about each of these commands and other available switches.