Remove / Delete Directory and Its Contents in Linux
February 20, 2008
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rm -rf <DirectoryName>
This command will remove a directory and its contents without prompting you to make sure you want to delete each file in the directory. Substitute <DirectoryName> with the actual directory name.
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1. shailesh | September 11, 2008 at 6:26 am
Thanks.
2. Adel | April 7, 2009 at 6:53 pm
Thanks a lot
3. NEWB | June 24, 2009 at 2:04 am
to remove everything in a directory:
rm -rf *
4. syam prasad | October 8, 2009 at 6:04 am
Very good useful information.
5. abbaby | October 31, 2009 at 8:41 pm
thx