How to Remove a Directory in Linux

This article explains how to remove a directory in Linux. In the Linux/Unix operating system, everything including directories, files, and hardware such as a mouse, keyboard, and printer is a file.

To remove a directory, follow the steps:

To remove empty directories, execute the following command:
```
rmdir or rm -d 
```
To remove non-empty directories, execute the following command:
```
rm -r 
```
It is very important to know the name of the directory, to be removed. To know the files and directories, use the command:
```
ls
```
To know about the directory you are in, execute the following command:
```
pwd
```

Some of the options added with the rm command are listed below:

rm –d, rm –r, rm –f, rm –rf, rm –I, rm –I, rm *, rm ?, rmdir –p, rmdir –v

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