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Linux commands

rmdir Linux command

Overview

In this tutorial, we will learn about rmdir Linux Command with examples.

rmdir Linux Command

rmdir is the short form for ‘remove directory’. The rmdir command deletes the specified directory from the Linux file system. The specified directory should be empty for the command to work.

Command Format

The command format is as follows:

$ rmdir <flags> directory_list

To know more about the command, type the man command

$ man rmdir

The directory_list is one or more directory paths of empty directories that rmdir deletes from the system.

Examples

Launch the Terminal and type the following commands.

Remove empty directory

For example, to remove directory automation:

$ rmdir automation

rmdir Linux command

The command fails to remove a non-empty directory.

Create a directory and create a file in the directory.
Try to remove the non-empty directory with the rmdir command.

rmdir directory not empty

 

testingdocs@ubuntu:~$ mkdir automation
testingdocs@ubuntu:~$ cd automation/
testingdocs@ubuntu:~/automation$ touch sample.txt
testingdocs@ubuntu:~/automation$ cd ..
testingdocs@ubuntu:~$ rmdir automation/
rmdir: failed to remove ‘automation/’: Directory not empty

We will learn how to overcome this issue with the rm command.

rm command

https://www.testingdocs.com/rm-linux-command-with-examples/

We can remove multiple empty directories with the rmdir command. For example, to remove two empty directories:

$ rmdir emptydir1 emptydir2

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Linux Commands Tutorial page:

https://www.testingdocs.com/linux-basic-commands-tutorial/

More Information on Ubuntu Linux:
https://ubuntu.com/

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