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I am trying to remove a directory named data in my $HOME. However, I am getting an error that read as 'rmdir: data/: Directory not empty'. How do I delete a non-empty directory in bash terminal running on Linux operating system?

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On Windows, I can hit Ctrl + Alt + Delete and kill apps or do other stuff. Sometimes Firefox browser hangs on macOS. Is there an equivalent of Ctrl + Alt + Delete keyboard shortcut to kill frozen apps on Apple macOS Sierra?

I am a new Linux user. I wanted to find the text called "foo" and replaced to "bar" in the file named "hosts.txt." How do I use the sed command to find and replace on Linux or UNIX-like system?