UNIX / Linux Find All Empty Files Command

To find all empty files on a UNIX/Linux system, you can use the find command along with the size option and the exec option to execute a command on each file that matches the size criterion.

Here’s the command to find all empty files:

In this command:

• /path/to/search is the directory or path where you want to search for empty files. You can specify any directory or path that you want to search.
• -type f specifies that you want to search for regular files only, not directories or other types of files.
• -size 0 specifies that you want to search for files with a size of 0 bytes.
• -exec ls -l {} \; specifies that for each file that matches the search criteria, you want to execute the ls -l command to display the file details.

This command will output a list of all empty files with their details, including the file name, size, and timestamp. If you want to delete the empty files, you can replace the ls -l command with the rm command, like this:

This will delete all empty files in the specified directory or path. Be careful when using the rm command, as it will permanently delete the files without any confirmation.

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