How do I delete a directory in Centos 7

Question

I am using Centos as my server OS and in my desktop I have a directory called "john", I need delete it via a command. How can I do this?

score 11 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 21 '17 at 15:22

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You can use

rm -f -r john

It will recursively delete john directory even if it contains files or subdirectories.

answered Nov 21 '17 at 15:22

Slavik Svyrydiuk

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You can have `-f` and `-r` together. Like this : `rm -rf`. – Hunter.S.Thompson Nov 21 '17 at 15:27

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 21 '17 at 15:19

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If the directory is empty then you can just do rmdir john.

Or you can force it with rm -r john.

answered Nov 21 '17 at 15:19

micah94

0x40 · Answer 3 · 2017-11-21T15:39:43.680

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rm -r ${XDG_DESKTOP_DIR:-$HOME/Desktop}/john

XDG_DESKTOP_DIR is an environment variable that contains the path to the desktop directory. If it's not set, we fall back to $HOME/Desktop.

edited Nov 21 '17 at 15:39

answered Nov 21 '17 at 15:19

0x40

my account is [root@localhost]# if it is so how can I remove My desktop directory. I am little bit confused with this ${XDG_DESKTOP_DIR:- – John Nov 21 '17 at 15:28
@John why on earth are you logging in as root for normal operations? – roaima Nov 21 '17 at 15:54
ok tell me delete desktop directory logging as normal user – John Nov 21 '17 at 16:13

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