Command: rmdir

Syntax

rmdir <directory> {,<directory> ... }

Description

Delete one or more directories and their contents.

Parameters

• <directory>
  The name of the directory to be removed. All files and sub-directories within it will also go.

Switches

• -q
  Quiet mode. If there are errors, for example if the directory cannot be removed because one of its files is in use, do not print an error message.

Examples

Delete a directory.

rmdir my_dir

Delete multiple directories.

rmdir /usr/dir1, /usr/dir2, /usr/dir3

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