In Unix, how do you remove everything in the current directory and below it?

Question

I know this will delete everything in a subdirectory and below it:

rm -rf 

But how do you delete everything in the current d

Answer 1

Will delete all files/directories below the current one.

find -mindepth 1 -delete

If you want to do the same with another directory whose name you have, you can just name that

find  -mindepth 1 -delete

If you want to remove not only the sub-directories and files of it, but also the directory itself, omit -mindepth 1. Do it without the -delete to get a list of the things that will be removed.