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Old 09-07-2005
How to remove files with zero lenght
How to remove files with zero lenght with one or more commands from the same directory?

Thanks.
# 2  
Old 09-07-2005
This script is in Csh.

#!/bin/csh
foreach file(`ls`)
if (-z $file) /bin/rm -rf $file
end
# 3  
Old 09-08-2005
And in bash:
Code:
#!/bin/bash
for FILE in /path/to/dir
   do [ ! -s $FILE ] && /bin/rm -f $FILE
done

OR

Code:
find /path/to/dir -size 0 | xargs /bin/rm -f

 
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