In bash all I know is that rmdir directoryname will remove the directory but only if it's empty. Is there a way to force remove subdirectories?

Aug 31, 2014 · 3 I have a directory that contains files and other directories. I need to delete then all in one command, but without asking me for each file if I'm sure that i want to delete i; there …

Apr 7, 2015 · I have found the command to delete files older than 5 days in a folder find /path/to/files* -mtime +5 -exec rm {} \\; But how do I also do this for subdirectories in that folder?

8 If rm cannot remove a symlink, perhaps you need to look at the permissions on the directory that contains the symlink. To remove directory entries, you need write permission on the …

Jan 30, 2011 · In bash, [ -d something ] checks if there is directory called 'something', returning a success code if it exists and is a directory. Chaining commands with && runs the second …

Apr 15, 2017 · When I use the rmdir command it only removes empty folders. If I have a directory nested with files and folders within folders with files and so on, is there a way to delete all the …

You should probably rename the question to something more accurate, like "Efficiently delete large directory containing thousands of files." In order to delete a directory and its contents, …

Feb 11, 2019 · This directory contains two files (file1 & file2) I initially though that only write access was needed (on the directory) for me to be able to delete/remove a file via (rm …

Dec 23, 2017 · If the directory contains files or subdirectories, you'll need to use the -r flag with the rm command, like this: rm -r . Be cautious when using this command, as it will permanently …

The tool you want is lsof, which stands for list open files. It has a lot of options, so check the man page, but if you want to see all open files under a directory: lsof +D /path That will recurse …