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Old 11-07-2009
Listing non empty directories
Hi Gurus,
How to list directories that are non-empty and non-hidden

Thanks in advance
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Old 11-07-2009
gnu find
Code:
find . -type d ! -empty

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Old 11-07-2009
If I need find out all current folder, which only include empty subfolders, but no any files.

such as:

./a/b/c (all subfolders, no files)
./a/x/b.txt (has on file)

So how to list the first folder ./a ?
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