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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Filesize not working Post 302225059 by jim mcnamara on Thursday 14th of August 2008 12:00:29 PM
Old 08-14-2008
I think you are trying to find files with size 0, and then asking Y/N to delete them.
Instead of all that script try this:

Code:
# just remove zero-length files, not directories

find /path/to/files -type f  -size 0 -ok rm {} \;

 

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MU-REMOVE(1)						      General Commands Manual						      MU-REMOVE(1)

NAME
mu_remove - remove one or more messages to the database SYNOPSIS
mu remove <file> [<files>] DESCRIPTION
mu remove removes specific messages from the database, each of them specified by their filename. The files do not have to exist (anymore). OPTIONS
mu remove does not have its own options, but the general options for determining the location of the database (--muhome) are available. See mu-index(1) for more information. RETURN VALUE
mu remove returns 0 upon success; in general, the following error codes are returned: | code | meaning | |------+-----------------------------------| | 0 | ok | | 1 | general error | | 5 | some database update error | BUGS
Please report bugs if you find them: http://code.google.com/p/mu0/issues/list AUTHOR
Dirk-Jan C. Binnema <djcb@djcbsoftware.nl> SEE ALSO
mu(1) mu-index(1) mu-add(1) User Manuals October 2011 MU-REMOVE(1)
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