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# 1  
Old 04-20-2007
problem with 0 byte and large files
how to remove all zero byte files in a particular directory and also files that are morew than 1GB. pLEASE let me know
# 2  
Old 04-20-2007
Code:
# zero-length
find /path/to/directory -size 0 -type f   -exec  rm -f {} \;
# > 1GB
find /path/to/somwhere -size +1953126 -type f   -exec rm -f {} \;

# 3  
Old 04-20-2007
or as a one shot:

Code:
find /path/to/directory -type f  \( -size 0 -o  -size +1953126  \) -exec  rm -f {} \;

# 4  
Old 04-20-2007
a faster way
Code:
find /path -type f \( -size 0 -o  -size +1953126  \) -print0 | xargs -0 rm

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