What is the linux delete folder command

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Linux Delete Folder Command

Linux delete directory is very simple, many people are still accustomed to using rmdir, but once the directory is not empty, they fall into deep distress, now use rm -rf command.

Direct rm is OK, but you need to add two parameters-rf, that is: rm -rf directory name

Delete directories, files rm(remove)

Function Description: Delete files or directories.

Grammar:

rm [-dfirv][--help][--version][file or directory...]

Supplementary note: execute rm command to delete files or directories. If you want to delete directories, you must add parameter "-r", otherwise only files will be deleted by default.

Parameters:

-d or-directory directly delete the hard connection data of the directory to be deleted to 0, delete the directory.

-f or-force Forces deletion of files or directories.

-i or-interactive Ask users before deleting existing files or directories.

-r or-R or-recursive Recursive processing, all files and subdirectories under the specified directory are processed together.

-v or-verbose shows instruction execution.

1. delete folder

de>rm -rf fileNamede>

- Delete folder instance:

rm -rf /var/log/httpd/access

The/var/log/httpd/access directory and all files and folders under it will be deleted.

Need to remind is: use this rm-rf time must be extra careful, linux does not recycle bin

2. delete files

de>rm -f fileNamede>

Be careful when using rm-rf, linux has no recycle bin

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