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BrianKennedy · 12-01-2003, 08:23 AM

Hi,

I'm a Linux newbee and I need help with a command.

- How do I list empty directories within a Linux environment??

All help accepted!

Thanks & Regards

CMonster · 12-01-2003, 08:34 AM

See below (notice that there is an empty directory):

Code:

Hello george, today is Mon Dec 01> pwd
/home/george
Hello george, today is Mon Dec 01> cd Desktop
Hello george, today is Mon Dec 01> pwd
/home/george/Desktop
Hello george, today is Mon Dec 01> ls -a
.                Floppy.desktop        New Terra                
..               GFTP                  Opera                    
.directory       Getting Grip to work  Oregon_Nikon             data1.desktop
.xvpics          Getty                 Oregon_trip              eBooks
100hp315         GraceWedding          Photos                   girl-cops
Birthday-2001    Green                 Printer.desktop          led_zeppelin
CD-R.desktop     HeartofGold.mp3       Raptor                  
CD-ROM.desktop   June Lake Trip        Star Office              multimedia
Camping-08-02    Konqueror             This-Directory-is-Empty  mybook2old
Cement Work      Mozilla.desktop       Tuxracer                 roundup
Compupic         My_Book_Desktop       WWW                      sound-wave
DVD-ROM.desktop  NH                    Wedding_Audry            visitors
Hello george, today is Mon Dec 01>

BrianKennedy · 12-01-2003, 08:44 AM

CMonster,

Thanks 4 your reply. Maybe I was a bit vauge when posting the thread. What I need is a command that will only list empty directories. E.G I know ls -R lists all directories with files. What I require is listing only the empty directories.

thanks

CMonster · 12-01-2003, 03:45 PM

You could try the following, but it may give more output than you desire:

$ du -S . | sort -n (don't forget the "." dot)

It should list your empty directories first.