One of the scripts I often use is this one to remove empty folders under a specific location on your hard drive. The usage is simple:
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$ [path to the script]/remove_empty_folders.py [path_to_clean]
Here is the code:
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#! /usr/bin/env python
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import os, sys
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def removeEmptyFolders(path):
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if not os.path.isdir(path):
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return
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# remove empty subfolders
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files = os.listdir(path)
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if len(files):
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for f in files:
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fullpath = os.path.join(path, f)
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if os.path.isdir(fullpath):
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removeEmptyFolders(fullpath)
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# if folder empty, delete it
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files = os.listdir(path)
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if len(files) == 0:
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print "Removing empty folder:", path
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os.rmdir(path)
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removeEmptyFolders(sys.argv[1])
Here is a sample output:
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Removing empty folder: ./assorted/2010/12/13/20101213-202802
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Removing empty folder: ./assorted/2010/12/13
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Removing empty folder: ./assorted/2010/12/14/20101214-120800
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Removing empty folder: ./assorted/2010/12/14
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Removing empty folder: ./assorted/2010/12/01/20101201-070118
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Removing empty folder: ./assorted/2010/12/01/20101201-070111
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Removing empty folder: ./assorted/2010/12/01/20101201-070123
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Removing empty folder: ./assorted/2010/12/01
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Removing empty folder: ./assorted/2010/12
Please, use at your own risk. It should work on Windows also, but I have not tested it.
Enjoy!
The second call on os.listdir can be avoided:
def del_empty_dirs(s_dir):
b_empty = True
for s_target in os.listdir(s_dir):
s_path = os.path.join(s_dir, s_target)
if os.path.isdir(s_path):
if not del_empty_dirs(s_path):
b_empty = False
else:
b_empty = False
if b_empty:
print('del: %s' % s_dir)
os.rmdir(s_dir)
return b_empty