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Homework and Emergencies Homework & Coursework Questions Find and delete empty files and directories Post 302590790 by Itixop on Tuesday 17th of January 2012 02:31:58 PM
Old 01-17-2012
Question Find and delete empty files and directories
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1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data:
Need to make a script, to remove all empty files and folders from current category.
It also should show the name and creation date of those items.

2. Relevant commands, code, scripts, algorithms:
Must be bash script.


3. The attempts at a solution (include all code and scripts):

Tried this, but it shows only name of deleted folders...
Code:
echo Removed files:
find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -empty;
find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -empty -exec rm {} \;
echo Removed directories:
find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -empty;
find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -empty -exec rmdir {} \;

Then I tried using
Code:
ls

... But it gave too much information.. I just need name and creation time (Ok.. Creation time isn't stored in UNIX.. So I think a date of last modification would be enough.. )

Code:
echo Removed files:
find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -empty -exec ls -l;
find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -empty -exec rm {} \;
echo Removed directories:
find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -empty -exec ls -l ;
find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -empty -exec rmdir {} \;

But in this code first of all it shows only info about files.. For some reason it doesn't show anything about folders. And secondly: That's not that I need. I need name and date (maybe date, maybe date+time) of creation (last modification).

4. Complete Name of School (University), City (State), Country, Name of Professor, and Course Number (Link to Course):

Vilniaus Kolegija, Vilnius, Lithuania, M.Liogys, PIN11.

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smd-push

smd-push(1)						 Sync Mail Dir (smd) documentation					       smd-push(1)

NAME

       smd-push - syncs the remote mail dir letting the local one untouched

SYNOPSIS

       smd-push [-d|--dry-run] [-v|--verbose] [-s|--show-tags] [-t|--template-only]
		[-n|--no-delete] [endpoint]

DESCRIPTION

       smd-push performs in the remote maildir all the changes that were performed on the local one.

       No changes are made on the local maildir. Use smd-pull(1) for that.

       Refer to smd-config(5) for the configuration file format.

OPTIONS

       -v --verbose
	      Verbose output

       -s --show-tags
	      Machine readable output

       -d --dry-run
	      Do not perform any action for real

       -n --no-delete
	      Do not propagate deletions

       -t --template-only
	      Just create a template configuration file if none

       endpoint
	      Is the suffix for the name of the configuration file to use. If it is omitted, the configuration file ~/.smd/config.default is used.

FILES

       ~/.smd/config.*	~/.smd/hooks/pre-push.d/ ~/.smd/hooks/post-push.d/

SEE ALSO

       mddiff(1), smd-server(1), smd-client(1), smd-pull(1), smd-loop(1), smd-config(5)

AUTHOR

       Enrico Tassi <gares@fettunta.org>

								   11 June 2012 						       smd-push(1)
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