You can remove a file or directory by using the rm command.
To delete a file called myfile1 and its contents, enter:
rm myfile1
To remove a directory and all of its contents, you must include “-r” to recursively delete the directory and all the items it contains.
To delete an entire directory called myDirectory, enter:
rm -r myDirectory
You can delete multiple items by including a list of items to be deleted.
For more information on removing files, see the rm man page by entering “man rm” in the Terminal window.