already in your /home directory, you can use the following:
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matthew@seymour:~$ rmdir music/directoryname
Or from anywhere using an absolute path, you can use this:
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matthew@seymour:~$ rmdir /home/matthew/music/directoryname
Or from anywhere using a path shortcut, you can use the following command:
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matthew@seymour:~$ rmdir ~/music/directoryname
The directory must be empty to be removed using rmdir. However, you can
remove a directory with its contents by using rm.
CAUTION
You cannot easily recover anything that has been deleted using rmdir or
rm, so proceed carefully. Be absolutely certain you will never need what
you are about to delete before you do so. Only a professional data recovery
service is likely to be able to recover the files, and even then at great
expense.Deleting a File or Directory with rm
If you are the user matthew, to delete a file named filename, use this
command:
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matthew@seymour:~$ rm filename
You can remove a file in a different location by changing what is after rm. To
remove a directory in /home/matthew/randomdirectory, if you are
already in your /home directory, you can use the following:
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matthew@seymour:~$ rm randomdirectory/filename
Or from anywhere using an absolute path, you can use this:
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matthew@seymour:~$ rm /home/matthew/randomdirectory/filename
Or from anywhere using a path shortcut, you can use the following command: