Remove directory, subdirectory and files

[lweng]

How to remove directories, subdirectories and files together? If I want to remove /abc/efg/xyz/xxx.doc, and there are files and directories under each dir, what command can I use to remove them all at once instead of step by step? Thanks.

 

[todups]

Use rm command with r and f options but be careful think twice and then press enter go thru the rm man page.

 

[lweng]

I type rm * -r, and got

rm: admin is a directory
rm: bin is a directory
rm: dbs is a directory
rm: install is a directory

If I type rmdir * -r and I got

rmdir: directory "admin": Directory not empty
rmdir: directory "bin": Directory not empty
rmdir: directory "dbs": Directory not empty
rmdir: directory "install": Directory not empty
rmdir: directory "ldap": Directory not empty

How to remove them together? Thanks.

 

[cfsalmeida]

You need to put flag options first (r is for recursive remove and f to force removing, without asking.
so you need to type:

# rm -r *

Regards,

Carlos Almeida,