In bash all I know is that rmdir directoryname will remove the directory but only if it's empty. Is there a way to force remove subdirectories?

Jul 16, 2023 · 3 I have a directory that contains files and other directories. I need to delete then all in one command, but without asking me for each file if I'm sure that i want to delete i; there is …

May 4, 2009 · That command deletes all the files and directories in the current directory and never prompts you to confirm you really want to do that. -f is particularly dangerous if you run the …

I have a directory that contains a bunch of sub-directories, .zip files, and other random files not contained within a sub-directory. I'd like a command line script to remove all sub-directories …

Also note that even if the directory was empty, os.remove would fail again, because the correct function is os.rmdir .

Apr 15, 2017 · When I use the rmdir command it only removes empty folders. If I have a directory nested with files and folders within folders with files and so on, is there a way to delete all the …

8 If rm cannot remove a symlink, perhaps you need to look at the permissions on the directory that contains the symlink. To remove directory entries, you need write permission on the …

I am trying to remove all files and subdirectories in a directory. I used rm -r to remove all files, but I want to remove all files and subdirectories, excluding the top directory itself. For exam...

I've got a seemingly un-deletable directory in Unix that contains some hidden files with names that start with .panfs. I'm unable to delete it using either of these commands: rm -R <dir> rm...

Jun 3, 2024 · 205 Is it possible to check if a directory exists and delete if it does, in Unix, using a single command? I have situation where I use Ant sshexec task where I can run only a single …