RMDIR(1) User Commands RMDIR(1) NAME rmdir - remove empty directories SYNOPSIS rmdir [OPTION]... DIRECTORY... DESCRIPTION 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 Written by David MacKenzie. REPORTING BUGS GNU coreutils online help: Report any translation bugs to COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later . This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. SEE ALSO rmdir(2) Full documentation or available locally via: info '(coreutils) rmdir invocation' GNU coreutils 9.5 March 2024 RMDIR(1)