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# Remove A Directory Called `-p`
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I accidentally created a directory from the terminal called `-p`. It is sitting
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there next to other directories like `app` and `public`. I need to get rid of
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it. The `rmdir` command is the best way to do that.
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```bash
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$ rmdir -p
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usage: rmdir [-p] directory ...
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```
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Not so fast. `-p` is also a valid flag for the `rmdir` command. It doesn't know
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that I mean it as the name of the directory. So instead, I am missing a
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required argument to `rmdir` – the directory.
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To get this to work, I need to tell `rmdir` that I intend `-p` as the name of
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the directory to remove.
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```
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$ rmdir -- -p
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```
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The `--` is a command-line convention. It tells the command that anything after
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the `--` is not a flag, but instead an argument. This time the `-p` directory
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will be removed.
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