remove dir bash command

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Remove / Delete directory called /tmp/foo

Open the terminal. Type the following command:

$ rmdir /tmp/foo



Recursive removal


Remove all files and directories (recursive removal):


$ rm -rf /path/to/directory
$ rm -rf /tmp/foo



Please note that you can also pass -p option to rmdir command. Each directory argument is treated as a pathname of which all components will be removed, if they are empty, starting with the last most component:


$ rmdir -p /tmp/x/y/z