Terminal - Recursively remove all empty directories
find . -type d -empty -delete
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Recursively remove all empty directories
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find . -empty -type d -exec rmdir {} +
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A quick way to find and delete empty dirs, it starts in the current working directory.
If you do find . -empty -type d you will see what could be removed, or to a test run.
If you do find . -empty -type d you will see what could be removed, or to a test run.
find . -type d -empty -delete
find . -type d -empty -delete
find . -depth -type d -empty -exec rmdir -v {} +
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this will show the names of the deleted directories, and will delete directories that only no files, only empty directories.
find . -type d -empty -delete
find . -type d -empty -exec rm -rf {} \;