rmdir
Official Description
Removes a directory.
Syntax
rmdir [-p] directory...
Options
-p removes all directories in a pathname.
Oddities
A directory must be empty before you can remove it, and you must have write permission in its parent directory.
Example
$ pwd /home/obrien $ mkdir sub1 # Make a series of subdirectories $ cd sub1 $ mkdir sub2 $ cd sub2 $ mkdir sub3 $ cd sub3 $ pwd /home/obrien/sub1/sub2/sub3 $ cd $ $ pwd /home/obrien $ $ rmdir -p sub1/sub2/sub3 # Remove them in one fell swoop $ $ cd sub1 # Gone /bin/ksh: cd: sub1: [No such file or directory] $
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