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rmdir — Remove directories without files. See also: `rm`. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/co

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Problem

How to use the rmdir command: Remove directories without files. See also: rm. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/rmdir-invocation.html>.

Solution

rmdir — Remove directories without files. See also: rm. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/rmdir-invocation.html>.

Remove specific directories:
rmdir {{path/to/directory1 path/to/directory2 ...}}


Remove specific nested directories recursively:
rmdir {{[-p|--parents]}} {{path/to/directory1 path/to/directory2 ...}}


Clean a directory of empty directories:
rmdir *

Code Snippets

Remove specific directories

rmdir {{path/to/directory1 path/to/directory2 ...}}

Remove specific nested directories recursively

rmdir {{[-p|--parents]}} {{path/to/directory1 path/to/directory2 ...}}

Clean a directory of empty directories

rmdir *

Context

tldr-pages: common/rmdir

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