This tutorial explains Linux “rmdir” command, options and its usage with examples.
rmdir – remove empty directories.
DESCRIPTION
This command is used to remove the DIRECTORY(ies), if they are empty.
SYNOPSIS
rmdir [OPTION]… DIRECTORY…
OPTION :
-p, –parents
Remove DIRECTORY and its ancestors. E.g., ‘rmdir -p a/b/c’ is similar to ‘rmdir a/b/c a/b a’.
EXAMPLES
1.
$ rmdir mydir
Removes the directory mydir.
2.
$ rmdir -p mydir1/mydir2/mydir3/
Removes the directory mydir3 and its parents(mydir2 & mydir1) too recursively if they are empty.