====== Linux - Find - Find Empty Directories ======

<code bash>
find ./ -type d -empty
</code>

This command will find all empty directories in the current directory with sub-directories and then print the full pathname for each empty directory to the screen.

  * **./** means start searching from the current directory.  If you want to find files from another directory then replace the ./ with the path to needed directory.  For example, to search everything under the system log directory you need to replace ./ with /var/log.
  * **-type d**  flag is specifies to find only directories.
  * **-empty**  flag is specifies to find empty directories.

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===== Find and then delete all empty directories =====

To find and then delete all empty directories, use:

<code bash>
find ./ -depth -type d -empty -exec rmdir {} \;
</code>

or

<code bash>
find ./ -type d -empty -delete
</code>

<WRAP info>
**NOTE:**  The **-delete** option is the best choice when it is supported by the find you are using.
</WRAP>