Name

rmdir - remove empty directories

Synopsis

$ rmdir `[directory...]`

Description

Remove given directory(ies), if they are empty

Options

• -p, --parents: Remove all directories in each given path
• -v, --verbose: List each directory as it is removed

Arguments

• directory: directory(ies) to remove

Examples

# Try to remove non-empty directory
$ mkdir minerva ; echo cool > minerva/cool.txt
$ rmdir minerva
rmdir: Directory not empty

# Remove empty directory
$ mkdir example
$ ls -a example
.    ..
$ rmdir example
$ ls -a example
example: No such file or directory

# Removes foo/bar/baz/, foo/bar/ and foo/
$ rmdir -p foo/bar/baz/

See also

• mkdir(1)
• rm(1)