linux find command

find and delete command

find command:http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/cmd/cmd.csp?path=f/find

find . -maxdepth 1/2/..../n

%to just find them and printout:
find . -maxdepth 1 -name '[!.]*' -size 0 -printf 'Name: %16f Size: %6s\n'
%delete them, may be modified to use
find . -maxdepth 1 -name '[!.]*' -size 0 -printf 'Name: %16f Size: %6s\n' | xargs rm
http://content.hccfl.edu/pollock/unix/findcmd.htm

# deleting command may be this ,too
find . -maxdepth 1 -size 0 -ok rm { } \;
#Remove all empty files on the system (prompting first):
find / -size 0 -ok rm { } \;

# Use find command, find all *.txt files but ignore foo.txt
 find . -type f \( -iname "*.txt" ! -iname "foo.txt" \)
# To delete file add -delete or -exec your-delete-command-here option.
 find . -type f \( -iname "*.txt" ! -iname "foo.txt" \) -delete
# To select folder or dirs use -type d, in this example, find all folders and ignore foo and bar folder :
 find . -type d \( ! -iname "foo" ! -iname "bar" \)
# To delete folders except foo and bar
 find . -type d \( ! -iname "foo" ! -iname "bar" \) -execdir rm -rfv {} +
# Be careful while deleting files and dirs.