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Recursively delete all empty directories
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remove_empty_dirs.py
import os
for dirpath, dirnames, files in os.walk('.'):
if not (files or dirnames):
os.rmdir(dirpath)
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This code was helpfull, however it's not recursive. To do so, I use a simple trick by counting the number of folder and subfolder, if it still the same the loop break and all empty folders are deleted :

`
ref_folder_counter = sum([len(folder) for r, folder, d in os.walk(source_path)])
post_folder_counter = 0

while ref_folder_counter != post_folder_counter :
ref_folder_counter = post_folder_counter
for dirpath, dirnames, files in os.walk(source_path):
if not (files or dirnames):
os.rmdir(dirpath)
`
Not the most elegant way to treat this question, but it works.

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