# RMDIR - remove empty directories - man(1) - [phpMan]

> **TLDR:** Remove directories without files.
>
- Remove specific directories:
  `rmdir {{path/to/directory1 path/to/directory2 ...}}`
- Remove specific nested directories recursively:
  `rmdir {{-p|--parents}} {{path/to/directory1 path/to/directory2 ...}}`
- Clean a directory of empty directories:
  `rmdir *`

*Source: tldr-pages*

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

## COPYRIGHT
       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
       [**rmdir**(2)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/rmdir/2/markdown)

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

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