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rdempty.cmd Delete empty directory
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for /f "usebackq" %%d in (`"dir /ad/b/s | sort /R"`) do rd "%%d"
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neps-in commented Dec 19, 2021 •
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Explanation :
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20080417-00/?p=22703

This is the long-forgotten follow-up to Performing an operation in each subdirectory of a directory tree from batch. We’re using the same technique as in that article, but pumping the result through “| sort /R” to reverse the order of the enumeration so we enumerate the directories bottom-up rather than top-down. This is important for deleting empty directories because you have to remove the subdirectories before you remove the parent.

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