How Do I Delete a Zero Byte in Unix?
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To delete all zero byte files in the current directory and sub-directories, use the following find command syntax. The -type f option makes sure that we are working on a regular file and not on directories or other special files. The -delete action is not available on all find command implementations.

How do I remove 0 bytes from a file?

1. Delete the 0 Byte Files With the Command Prompt. Command Prompt will usually erase 0-byte files that File Explorer doesn’t delete. To erase 0-byte files with the Command Prompt, press the Windows key + X hotkey.

How do I delete a zero KB file in Linux?

If no files to search are specified, the current directory (.) is used. You can use the command find to do this. We can match files with -type f , and match empty files using -size 0 . Then we can delete the matches with -delete .

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