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How to find and Delete the empty Directories And Files In UNIX !!!

The following command would help you find empty files & directory

find . -type d -empty — for directory
find . -type f -empty — for files

Delete all empty directories under the current directory using the following command :

find . -type d -empty -exec rmdir {} \;

To see the count of files users have in use the following command :

wc -l find . -type f -empty | wc -l
&
For non-empty files count :
find . -type f -not -empty | wc -l

In all the above examples replace the ( . – dot) with directory absolute path under which you would like to search the files.

Note: It is not recommended to remove empty directories from any system directories.


Vishwajit Kale
Vishwajit Kale blazed onto the digital marketing scene back in 2015 and is the digital marketing strategist of Hostripples, a company that aims to provide affordable web hosting solutions. Vishwajit is experienced in digital and content marketing along with SEO. He's fond of writing technology blogs, traveling and reading.

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