The rmdir command removes a directory, but the directory must be empty. However, if you want to force deletion of everything in a directory, you can use the command
rf -r directoryname
The -r means recursive. Warning: you need to be very careful with this command! If you make a mistake you can easily delete a whole wrong directory tree. Never use rf -r * because that is asking for trouble, if you are at the wrong place in the directory heierarchy you could delete parts of the system or important data.
-- Doug
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