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Answer 1

+1 A:

find /path/to/stuff -empty

If that's the list of files you're looking for then make the command:

find /path/to/stuff -empty -exec rm {} \;

Be careful! There won't be any way to undo this!

dwc 2009-02-13 01:49:48

Better to use + than ; if you have a current find -- that way it acts the way xargs would if it were in the pipeline.

Charles Duffy 2009-02-13 01:50:31

Answer 2

+8 A:

Easy enough:

find . -type f -empty -exec rm -f '{}' +

Charles Duffy 2009-02-13 01:50:03

-type fgood call

dwc 2009-02-13 01:52:35

I usefind . -size 0 -exec rm {} \;but add -type f should be better

Bank 2009-02-13 03:59:52

So, in English, "find all empty files in the current directory and delete them without prompting the user"?

endolith 2010-03-05 13:45:44

So how would you do this recursively?

endolith 2010-03-05 13:56:30

@endolith - the command already given does recurse; you'd need to use an argument such as `-maxdepth 1` to prevent it from doing so.

Charles Duffy 2010-03-05 14:29:20

Answer 3

+1 A:

Use:

find . -type f -size 0b -exec rm {} ';'

with all the other possible variations to limit what gets deleted.

paxdiablo 2009-02-13 01:50:51

Deleting empty (zero-byte) files