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Delete Empty Directories (UNIX)

11.17.2006
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        // Shell command to delete empty directories. May have to run several times to get everything.


find . -type d -empty | xargs rmdir -

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Snippets Manager replied on Wed, 2007/02/14 - 4:58am

// correction... find dir2 -depth -empty -type d -exec rmdir {} \;

Snippets Manager replied on Wed, 2007/02/14 - 4:58am

// To delete all empty directories in one go, add the -depth option to the find comment: find . -type d -empty -depth | xargs rmdir -
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