How to Delete All the Files in a Directory

Tip 1 - How to remove all files from a directory?

The closest I've gotten is # rm /path/to/directory/*.* but that doesn't work for files that don't have an extension...

Tip 2 - How to remove all the files in a directory?

I am trying to remove all files and subdirectories in a directory. I used rm -r to remove all files, but I want to remove all files and subdirectories, excluding the top directory itself. For exam...

Tip 3 - How can I delete all files/subfolders in a given folder via the command prompt?

I would like to delete all files and subfolders in a batch file in Windows 7 and keep the top folder. Basically emptying the folder. What's the command line instruction for that?

Tip 4 - Linux and Unix rm command help and examples

Information and examples on the Unix and Linux rm command.

Tip 5 - Linux -How to delete all files in a directory with out using find

I am trying to delete a all the files in my directory "XYZ" with out using find command in bash on Linux.

Tip 6 - How to delete all files and folders in a directory?

Using C#, how can I delete all files and folders from a directory, but still keep the root directory?