As a software engineer that lives too much of his life on a computer, I like keeping my machine as clean as possible. I don’t keep rogue downloaded files and removes apps when I don’t need them. Part of keeping a clean, performant system is removing empty directories.

To identify empty directories, I use the following command:

 find . -type d --empty 

To remove empty directories, we can add a --delete flag:

 find . -type d --empty --delete 

Keeping a clean machine is easy when you know the tools that can help you. find makes identifying and eliminating easy, so don’t be afraid to use it!

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