rm -rf dirname
rm -rf /path/to/directory/*
rm -rf /path/to/directory
# Remove Single File Using rm: rm file1.txt # Remove Directory and it's contents: rm -r dir1 # '-r' is short for '-recursive' # Remove empty Directory: rm -d dir1 # '-d' is short for '-dir'
rm -rf /path/to/directory/{*,.*}
rm -f /path/to/directory/{*,.*}