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I created a directory using the following command

mkdir TEST.

Now I am trying to remove it using

rm TEST and rm TEST/

but it is showing the following error:

cannot remove ‘TEST’: Is a directory and cannot remove ‘TEST/’: Is a directory

Can anyone tell me how to remove this directory using terminal?

RD017
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    To remove directories you have to use the recursive option. try rm -r TEST. Then take a look at man rm for more information. – Parto Jun 29 '16 at 07:06
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    You can try sudo rm -r -f /path/ or sudo rm -rf folderName as here says :http://askubuntu.com/questions/201775/how-do-i-remove-a-folder and http://askubuntu.com/questions/217893/how-to-delete-a-non-empty-directory-in-terminal – kek Jun 29 '16 at 07:10

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The command to remove a directory is rmdir not rm.

So you just type rmdir TEST.

guntbert
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