Deleting files with zero length using ls command

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Hi,
How can I use ls command to Delete all files with zero length in a given path using ls command (I guess awk is required!)?

Thanks.

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hi,

try this,

ls -l | awk ' { if ($5 == 0) print "rm -f "$9 }' | sh

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works very well but why do you use the "| sh" at the end?

Thanks much.

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find -maxdepth 1 -type f -size 0 -exec rm -f {} \;
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find -maxdepth 1 -type f -size 0 | xargs rm -f

The xargs will cause all the filenames to be sent as arguments to the 'rm -f' commands. This will save processes that are forked everytime '-exec rm -f' is run.

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to be robust:

find -maxdepth 1 -type f -size 0 -print0 | xargs -0 rm -f
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Thanks guys.