Linux command that will delete all files & folders in a certain directory: for current path cd to directory rm -Rf * or for absolute path: rm -Rf /home/some/directory/* another option (this will only delete files of type f which is a regular file): find /some/path/ ...

rm -rf directories Will delete the existing directory named ‘directories‘ and all directories and files below it. Even if it runs into an exception that it would usually prompt for user interaction. the r is recursive and the f is force.

rm -rf directories Will delete the existing directory named 'directories' and all directories and files below it. Even if it runs into an exception that it would usually prompt for user interaction. the r is recursive and the f is force.