script to delete 0 byte files

[mmcds]

I am wondering how I would go about creating a script that would delete only 0 byte size files found in /home/user directory for example. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

 

[feherke]

Hi

find -type f -size 0 | xargs rm

I suggest to first replace the [tt]rm[/tt] with [tt]echo[/tt] to be sure it will remove what you want.

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[mmcds]

Thanks that worked!

 

[feherke]

Hi

Grrr. I forgot the path.

find [red]/home/user[/red] -type f -size 0 | xargs rm

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[KenCunningham]

..Which begs the question how did mmcds get it to work? ;-)

I want to be good, is that not enough?

 

[feherke]

Hi

Well, probably (s)he run it from the /home/user directory... At least GNU [tt]find[/tt] permits to omit the path if it still can sort out the grouping of the options.

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[KenCunningham]

Interesting, Feherke, I wasn't aware of that.

I want to be good, is that not enough?