how can I recursively delete empty directories in my home directory?

distro_dave

Possible Duplicate: How to remove all empty directories in a subtree? I create directories very often, scattered over my home directory, and I find it very hard to locate and delete them. I want any alias/function/script to find/locate and delete all empty directories in my home directory.

Originally asked by Santosh Kumar on Stack Exchange (unix) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Good Linux question — answering as the UphillTech team:

The find command is the primary tool for recursive file system operations. Use the -type d expression to tell find you're interested in finding directories only (and not plain files). The GNU version of find supports the -empty test, so $ find . -type d -empty -print will print all empty directories below your current directory. Use find ~ -… or find "$HOME" -… to base the search on your home directory (if it isn't your current directory). After you've verified that this is selecting the correct directories, use -delete to delete all matches: $ find . -type d -empty -delete

Full answer by Baldrick: https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/46326 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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