Delete a directory/file via SSH

This guide explains how to delete a folder or file using SSH, which can be particularly useful when it is not possible to delete a file using an FTP client or the FTP Manager.
 

SSH Command to Delete a Folder/File
 

To delete a file or directory, you need to use the rm command.

To delete the files FileName.php and FileName.txt, for example, execute the following command:

rm FileName.php FileName.txt

To delete a directory, you first need to remove its contents and then use the following command:

rmdir DirectoryName/

To delete all HTML files, execute the following command:

rm *.html

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