>> rmdir (Delete or Remove directory)

Delete or Remove directory

rmdir  dirName    -- removes/deletes empty directory . Does not delete the directory if it is not empty.

To remove directory which is not empty:

rmdir  -r  dirName   -- removes  / deletes directory with file or other subdirectory in it.

If you want to confirm before deleting each items in the directory:

rmdir  -ri  dirName   -- When you run this command , it asks you before deleting every file or subdirectory inside the present directory , and you have to enter "yes" to each of them to delete.

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