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rmdir

Remove empty directories.

Synopsis

tofu rmdir <directories...> [flags]

Description

Remove the specified directories if they are empty.

Flags

Flag Short Description Default
--parents -p Remove directory and its ancestors false
--verbose -v Output diagnostic for every directory processed false

Examples

Remove an empty directory:

tofu rmdir empty_dir

Remove multiple directories:

tofu rmdir dir1 dir2 dir3

Remove directory and parent directories:

tofu rmdir -p path/to/empty/dir
# Removes: dir, empty, to, path (if all are empty)

Verbose output:

tofu rmdir -v mydir
# Output: rmdir: removing directory, 'mydir'