PowerShell: List Empty Dir 🚀

By Xah Lee. Date: . Last updated: .

List Empty Directories

function xah-list-empty-dir {
    <#
.DESCRIPTION
list empty dirs in current dir, recursively

.LINK
http://xahlee.info/powershell/powershell_list_empty_dir.html

.NOTES
Version: 2022-03-03 2023-08-17

.LINK
http://xahlee.info/powershell/powershell_list_empty_dir.html
#>

    dir -Directory -Recurse | Where-Object { $_.GetFileSystemInfos().Count -eq 0 }
}

Delete Empty Directories

function xah-delete-empty-dirs {
    <#
.DESCRIPTION
delete empty dirs in current dir, recursively

.NOTES
Version: 2022-12-12 2023-08-17

.LINK
http://xahlee.info/powershell/powershell_list_empty_dir.html
#>

    $empdirs = dir -Directory -Recurse | Where-Object { $_.GetFileSystemInfos().Count -eq 0 }
    Write-Host "Deleting:"
    $empdirs | ForEach-Object { $_.fullname } | Out-Host
    $empdirs | Remove-Item
}

PowerShell, Working with Directory