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How to delete a directory containing files and folders?
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Answer / subbareddy kake
rm <file name>: For deleting the file
rm -i:It will ask conformation
rmdir:For removing the directory
rm -r:It remove recursively all files and directory itself
rm -rf: for deleting the all files and subdirectories in
current directory
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Answer / padmanaban
"find -type d -iname 'directoryname' | xargs rm -rf" this is
also a way to remove the folder and files.
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