Remove the contents of a folder in linux

1. To remove the folder with all its contents(including all interior folders): rm -rf /path/to/directory.
2. To remove all the contents of the folder(including all interior folders) but not the folder itself: rm -rf /path/to/directory/*

Address already in use tomcat

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I also had the same issue. Tried all the options suggested in this thread. But didnt help. Then just did ran: ps -awwef | grep tomcat and found some stale process running. I killed it using (-15 instead of -9) sudo kill -15 <tomcat pid from previous command> And woot! it worked. Restarted tomcat without any issue. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8040640/tomcat-startup-8080-address-already-in-use