"Linux learning is not difficult" file/directory Management (7): rmdir command to delete empty directories

7.7 "Linux learning is not difficult" file/directory Management (7): rmdir command to delete empty directories

Use the rmdir command to remove an empty directory from a Linux system.

Command syntax:

rmdir [Options] [contents]

The meanings of the options in the command are as shown in the table.

Options	option meaning
-P	Delete directories recursively, and when subdirectories are deleted, their parent directory is empty.

Example: Delete Empty directory newdir1.

[Email protected] ~]# rmdir newdir1

Example: Delete both the empty directories/root/newdir2 and/ROOT/NEWDIR2/NEWDIR3.

[Email protected] ~]# rmdir-p/root/newdir2/newdir3

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"Linux learning is not difficult" file/directory Management (7): rmdir command to delete empty directories