Delete a directory in Linux
Written by Guillermo Garron
Date: 2020-03-01 15:25:32 00:00
To delete a directory or folder in Linux you use the command
rmdir directoryname
But that command only works when the folder is empty, what to do if it still has files?
rm -rf directoryname
Just be sure you are not deleting anything you may need later, as this has no fallback option.
You can also use find to delete lots of directories matching a pattern
find . -type d -name "directoryname" -exec rm -rf {} +