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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
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COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/li‐
censes/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)

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

GNU coreutils 9.4 August 2023 RMDIR(1)