Deleting a Directory with rmdir
To delete an empty directory named directoryname, use the following command:
matthew@seymour:~$ rmdir directoryname
You can remove a directory in a different location by changing what is after rmdir. To remove a directory in /home/matthew/music, if I am already in my /home directory, I can use the following:
matthew@seymour:~$ rmdir music/directoryname
Or from anywhere using an absolute path, I can use this:
matthew@seymour:~$ rmdir /home/matthew/music/directoryname
Or from anywhere using a path shortcut, I can use the following command:
matthew@seymour:~$ rmdir ~/music/directoryname
The directory ...
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