Deleting zero byte files 2

[icu812]

Can someone please tell me how to get a script to delete all zero byte files within a directory?? Thanks

 

[KenCunningham]

From the directory in which the files are, type:

find . -s 0 -print

will show you a list of the files in question.

Once you're satisfied that you really want to delete all of them replace print with exec as follows:

find -s 0 -exec rm {} \;

The -s 0 option indicates 'shaow me all files of zero bytes exactly'. Hope this helps

 

[trunix]

Using a kshell, you can test for a file of greater than 0 bytes using if -s.

#!/bin/ksh
cd - to your directory
for filename in `ls -1`
do
if [[ -s $filename ]] then
echo "Do nothing"
else
echo "Removing file"
rm $filename
fi
done

Take care when setting up ant script which uses rm - test it thoroughly on dummy files before using it live.

 

[KenCunningham]

Just noticed, the second find in my response is missing a . (period) as in find . -size 0 -exec rm {} \;

Don't forget that if there's not too many of them, it might be worth including the -i (interactive) option after rm so that you are prompted that you really (really) want to delete the file. Cheers.

 

[ElgisRamon]

I think is dangerous to use [tt]find [red].[/red][/tt], better use
[tt]
find /the/directory -size 0 -exec rm {} \;
[/tt]

I hope it works...
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