In another entry of his Linux 101 series, Jack Wallen shows you how to delete files and folders from Linux using the Command Line Interface (CLI).

The Linux command used for removing files and directories is rm. So to remove an empty directory (Linux differentiates between empty and non-empty directories) type the command rm -d <directory ...

In case you want to delete all the content of a Linux directory (including all the files and subdirectories), there are very simple and fast ways to achieve that. Here we explain to you everything you ...

The "rm" command by itself will remove individual files, while adding the "recursive" option will make the command delete a folder and everything within it.