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Offline OleWilly

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Command which deletes all empty subfolders..
« on: June 29, 2012, 06:32:29 AM »
Hi

I wonder if there is a command which will delete all empty subfolders in a folder  ???

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Offline sir_herrbatka

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Re: Command which deletes all empty subfolders..
« Reply #1 on: June 29, 2012, 07:53:19 AM »
find -type d -empty -delete
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Re: Command which deletes all empty subfolders..
« Reply #2 on: June 29, 2012, 08:14:50 AM »
Hi sir_herrbatka

Thank You very much!

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Re: Command which deletes all empty subfolders..
« Reply #3 on: June 29, 2012, 08:15:31 AM »
hth

Find is veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeery useful. I recommend reading about it.
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Re: Command which deletes all empty subfolders..
« Reply #4 on: June 29, 2012, 09:18:17 AM »
Indeed it is VERY, VERY useful. One of my often used command (and I have an alias for it :)) is to simply locate my latest SRPMS and save the list on a text file. :D
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