#!/usr/bin/env bash # vim:ts=4:sts=4:sw=4:et # # Author: Hari Sekhon # Date: 2021-12-27 13:17:04 +0000 (Mon, 27 Dec 2021) # # https://github.com/HariSekhon/DevOps-Bash-tools # # License: see accompanying Hari Sekhon LICENSE file # # If you're using my code you're welcome to connect with me on LinkedIn and optionally send me feedback to help steer this or other code I publish # # https://www.linkedin.com/in/HariSekhon # set -euo pipefail [ -n "${DEBUG:-}" ] && set -x srcdir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)" # shellcheck disable=SC1090,SC1091 . "$srcdir/lib/utils.sh" # shellcheck disable=SC2034,SC2154 usage_description=" Deletes all empty directories under the current or given directory On Mac pre-deletes .DS_Store files to prevent otherwise empty directories from being retained Tested on Mac OS X " # used by usage() in lib/utils.sh # shellcheck disable=SC2034 usage_args="[]" help_usage "$@" #min_args 1 "$@" starting_directory="${1:-.}" # -d / -depth = depth first traversal - avoids find removing the directory and then trying to recurse it, causing the following error: # find: ./somedir: No such file or directory # -delete implies -depth but it's riskier because although more efficient avoiding forks for each empty dir, if the selector is wrong such as missing the - before -type you'll lose files / data #find "$starting_directory" -type d -empty -delete # Mac's rmdir command doesn't have a --verbose switch for feedback, so use GNU version instead if is_mac; then find "$starting_directory" -type f -name .DS_Store -delete find "$starting_directory" -type d -empty -depth -exec grmdir -v {} \; else find "$starting_directory" -type d -empty -depth -exec rmdir -v {} \; fi