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Old 06-24-2010
Deleting files based on their size
I have several files in a folder and I would like to delete the ones that do not contain all the required information (size) let say 1kb.
Any ideas?
# 2  
Old 06-24-2010
If you want to delete files that are less than 1kB, then this should work:
Code:
find . -size -2k -exec rm '{}' \;

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Old 06-24-2010
Excelent!
Thanks!
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Old 06-24-2010
find . -type f -size -1k -exec rm '{}' \;
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Old 06-25-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by rdcwayx
find . -type f -size -1k -exec rm '{}' \;
Did you try your code? :P On my test machine "-1k" finds only empty files.
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