rmdir - Man Page

• Remove specific directories: rmdir path/to/directory1 path/to/directory2 ...
• Remove specific nested directories recursively: rmdir -p path/to/directory1 path/to/directory2 ...

tldr.sh

rmdir [OPTION]... DIRECTORY...

Remove the DIRECTORY(ies), if they are empty.

--ignore-fail-on-non-empty

ignore each failure to remove a non-empty directory

-p,  --parents

remove DIRECTORY and its ancestors; e.g., 'rmdir -p a/b' is similar to 'rmdir a/b a'

-v,  --verbose

output a diagnostic for every directory processed

--help

display this help and exit

--version

output version information and exit

Written by David MacKenzie.

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rmdir(2)

Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/rmdir>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) rmdir invocation'

cpuset(7), rmdir(2).