[thechat] unix command problem

Garrett Coakley garrett at polytechnic.co.uk
Mon Aug 12 09:24:36 CDT 2002


On Mon, 12 Aug 2002 09:31:52 -0400 "Anil Garg" <anilg at niksun.com> wrote:

> hi,
>
> infact i tweaked my problem earlier....
> Actually, i want to delete all the files in a directory with size 0 ,
> using single command.

find can do a number of tests including file type, size, date created
etc. For files of zero size you could either do:

find ./ -empty

or

find ./ -size 0

There are a few other helpful examples on
<http://web.singnet.com.sg/~junxin/linux_useful_cmds.html#Finding%20fil
es>, <http://life.csu.edu.au/~lbenton/Howto/howto_21.html> and
<http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/Training/InterUnix/files/find.htm
l>

And if you're a masochist there is always 'man find' *:)


G.

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