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Old 04-03-2012
Deleting empty folders

Hey, I need help with writing a shell script that deletes empty folders..anyone? Smilie
Thank you!
# 2  
Old 04-03-2012
check, whether your find command has -empty or not

Code:
 
find . -empty -type d

# 3  
Old 04-03-2012
Code:
for i in `find FILEPATH -type d -empty`
do
rmdir $i
done

# 4  
Old 04-03-2012
Thanks!
# 5  
Old 04-03-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by ningy
Code:
for i in `find FILEPATH -type d -empty`
do
rmdir $i
fi
done

why do we need fi ?
# 6  
Old 04-03-2012
Oops...dats my bad...pls ignore fi
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