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whospeaks2me

07-17-2003 05:10 PM

Delete Empty files

:) hello everyone!!

how do i create a shell script that will delete any empty, regular files from the home directory. The script should not delete hidden files (even if they are empty).

thanks 100 times

Tinkster

07-17-2003 06:05 PM

Code:

#!/bin/bash

cd ~

find -type f -size 0b -iname "*" ! -iname ".*" -exec rm {} \;

If you don't trust me (and you shouldn't ;} trust
anyone, always test stuff) run it without the exec
bit, first, to make sure it only finds files you
REALLY want deleted....

Cheers,
Tink

P.S.: find rocks ;}

Tinkster

07-18-2003 10:39 PM

And, did it work? :)

Cheers,
Tink

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