One Linux command per day (5): RmDir

1. Introduction to Commands

rmdir (remove directory deletes directories): Used to delete empty directories, you must also have write access to the parent directory when deleting a directory.

2. Usage

Usage:rmdir [options] ... Directory...

3. Options

--ignore-fail-on-non-empty  ignores all errors generated only by non-empty directories-p,–parents              Delete the specified directory and its parent folder, such as "Rmdir-p a/b/c"  and "RmDir a/b/c A/b a ' "Basic same-v,–verbose              output processing directory details

4. Instance 1: Delete an empty directory

rmdir Dir1

Example 2: Delete empty directory display information

rmdir -v dir3rmdir"dir3"

Example 3: Delete a non-empty directory

rmdir -v dir2rmdir"dir2"rmdir"Dir2  " failed: Directory not empty

Example 4: If the parent directory is empty, the parent directory is recursively deleted

rmdir -PV dir1/sub1/sub2rmdir"dir1/sub1/sub2"rmdir  "dir1/sub1"rmdir"dir1 "

One Linux command per day (5): RmDir