103-the-rmdir-command.md

The rmdir command

The rmdir command is used to remove empty directories from the filesystem in Linux. The rmdir command removes each and every directory specified in the command line only if these directories are empty.

Usage and Examples:

1. remove directory and its ancestors

rmdir -p a/b/c			// is similar to 'rmdir a/b/c a/b a'

2. remove multiple directories

rmdir a b c				// removes empty directories a,b and c

Syntax:

rmdir [OPTION]... DIRECTORY...

Additional Flags and their Functionalities:

Short Flag	Long Flag	Description
-	--ignore-fail-on-non-empty	ignore each failure that is solely because a directory is non-empty
-p	--parents	remove DIRECTORY and its ancestors
-d	--delimiter=DELIM	use DELIM instead of TAB for field delimiter
-v	--verbose	output a diagnostic for every directory processed