10-15-2004
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1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
I want to produce a text file representing a list of empty directories on a unix system starting from a specified directory.
I hope I explained well my problem.
Thanks in advance. (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: N065956BM
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Please help. I am getting back into UNIX and I need a script that requires me to start in one main directory (call it mydata) and under this directory searches several subdirectories within subdirectories. I need to search each directory to locate *_source and delete files within the directory... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: MrJaunty
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3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Is there a way you can identify directories that are empty? I do not need to remove them, I just need to identify them below a cetain path.
I have tried the following already and it returned everything for some reason.
#!/bin/sh
&& set -- .
find "$@" -type d -depth -print > dir.txt |... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: dboard
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4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
$ls -lrt mydir
total 12
drwxrwxrwx 2 nobody nobody 512 Aug 8 11:51 tmp
drwxrwxrwx 2 nobody nobody 4608 Jan 19 12:20 web.cache
$ ls -lrt mydir/web.cache/
total 0
$ ls -lrt mydir/tmp/
total 0
Can anyone explain me the above results? I know the o/p of ls, but this... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: rahulrathod
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi
Wrote the below script to identify the empty directories ,when executing the below showing that directory is not empty but the directories are empty.Please help to identify the empty directories
33 is not empty
33 is not empty
33 is not empty
33 is not empty
for file in `find .... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: mohan705
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6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I know this one was answered before in forum below -
https://www.unix.com/unix-dummies-questions-answers/58210-removing-empty-folders-using-find-command.html
But that one is closed & I have a question so here it goes.
I want to delete all 2006 files. Now if along with the files, if the... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: kedar.mehta
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi Gurus,
How to list directories that are non-empty and non-hidden
Thanks in advance (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: kinny
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi.,
I have a script, in which I am processing a files present in the directory types.
ls -lrt | grep ^d | grep Dir_type | awk -f '{print $9}' |\
while read dir_name; do
#operations
done
where Dir_type is the pattern in which directories get created. How to filter out empty... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: IND123
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9. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hi,
I want to delete all empty directories in a long directore tree structure. I want to use that from a script that will run on HP-UX 11. My definition of empty directory is that there is no regular file under it and directly beneath it. To elaborate, I have below directories.
/app/dev/java... (14 Replies)
Discussion started by: asutoshch
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10. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers
Please help me. How i can find empty directories in solaris?? (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: FoDeGe
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