How to delete a directory in terminal?
You need to use the
rmdir utility / command. The rmdir utility removes the directory entry
specified by each directory argument, provided it is empty. Arguments
are processed in the order given. In order to remove both a parent
directory and a subdirectory of that parent, the subdirectory must be
specified first so the parent directory is empty when rmdir tries to
remove it.
Remove / Delete directory called /tmp/foo
Open the terminal. Type the following command:
$ rmdir /tmp/foo
Recursive removal
Remove all files and directories (recursive removal):
$ rm -rf /path/to/directory
$ rm -rf /tmp/foo
Please note that you can also pass -p option to rmdir command. Each
directory argument is treated as a pathname of which all components
will be removed, if they are empty, starting with the last most
component:
$ rmdir -p /tmp/x/y/z
