irectory:</p>

        <pre><code>rm &#x2d;r tmp</code></pre>

        <p>The <code>rm</code> command will <strong>r</strong>e<strong>m</strong>ove files and directories from your
          filesystem. By itself (that is, without the <code>&#x2d;r</code>) the <code>rm</code> command
          only removes files. However, since we are removing a directory, we need
          to specify <code>&#x2d;r</code> to <strong>r</strong>ecursively remove the <code>tmp</code> directory and any
          files that <code