How to Delete Files and Folders from SSH – Cpanel Terminal

You would need to execute the appropriate command – rm:

• This will match all files starting with ‘myFile’ and ending in ‘.txt’ and delete them.
  • rm myFile*.txt
• To delete a whole folder and its content recursively, you can use
  • rm –rf foldername/
• To delete all files/folders in the current directory, without deleting the directory itself, you would need to use:
  • rm –rf *