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RMDIR
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: June 2025
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NAME
rmdir - remove empty directories
SYNOPSIS
rmdir
[,OPTION/]... ,DIRECTORY/...
DESCRIPTION
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
AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie.
REPORTING BUGS
GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>
SEE ALSO
rmdir(2)
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/rmdir>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) rmdir invocation'
Packaged by Debian (9.7-3)
Copyright © 2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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