What is the command to delete a directory in Linux?

#What is the Linux command to delete a directory?

The command to delete a directory in Linux is rmdir .

However, once the directory is not empty, it cannot be deleted.

Use the rm -rf command.

Just rm directly, but you need to add two parameters -rf, namely: rm -rf

● -r is downward recursion , no matter how many levels of directories there are, delete them together

● -f means to delete directly without any prompts

Note: Be extra careful when using this rm -rf, Linux No recycle bin

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