Usage: /usr/bin/rmdir [OPTION]... DIRECTORY... 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 Report bugs to: . GNU coreutils home page: General help using GNU software: Full documentation or available locally via: info '(coreutils) rmdir invocation'