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June 5, 2013 15:53
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find command for finding and removing empty directories/files whilst ignoring certain dirs (in this case the knime tree).
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| # first print out the files/dirs | |
| find . -path "*/knime/*" -prune -or -empty -print | |
| # if you're happy with the list then we can get rid of them | |
| find . -path "*/knime/*" -prune -or -empty -print | xargs rm -r |
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