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RMDIR(1)                      User Commands                     RMDIR(1)

NAME         top

       rmdir - remove empty directories

SYNOPSIS         top

       rmdir [OPTION]... DIRECTORY...

DESCRIPTION         top

       Remove the DIRECTORY(ies), if they are empty.

       --ignore-fail-on-non-empty
              ignore each failure to remove a non-empty directory

       -p, --parents
              remove DIRECTORY and its ancestors; e.g., 'rmdir -p a/b'
              is similar to 'rmdir a/b a'

       -v, --verbose
              output a diagnostic for every directory processed

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

AUTHOR         top

       Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS         top

       GNU coreutils online help:
       <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       Report any translation bugs to
       <https://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT         top

       Copyright © 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+:
       GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute
       it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO         top

       rmdir(2)

       Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/rmdir>
       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) rmdir invocation'

COLOPHON         top

       This page is part of the coreutils (basic file, shell and text
       manipulation utilities) project.  Information about the project
       can be found at ⟨http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/⟩.  If you
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GNU coreutils 9.4              August 2023                      RMDIR(1)

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