remove empty folders recursively

remove-empty-folders.py

"""
removes all empty folders recursively in a directory
"""

import os
import sys

def delete_if_empty(path):        
    if not os.path.isdir(path):
        return False
    elif not os.listdir(path) or delete_empty_folders_recursively(path):
        print("deleted: " + path)
        os.rmdir(path)
        return True

def delete_empty_folders_recursively(directory="."):
    return all([delete_if_empty(os.path.join(directory, f)) for f in os.listdir(directory)])

if __name__ == "__main__":
    delete_empty_folders_recursively(sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else ".")