#!/usr/bin/pwsh <# .SYNTAX remove-empty-dirs.ps1 [] .DESCRIPTION removes all empty subfolders within the given directory tree .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz / License: CC0 #> param($DirTree = "") if ($DirTree -eq "" ) { $DirTree = read-host "Enter the path to the directory tree" } try { $Folders = @() foreach ($Folder in (Get-ChildItem -path "$DirTree" -Recurse | Where { $_.PSisContainer })) { $Folders += New-Object PSObject -Property @{ Object = $Folder Depth = ($Folder.FullName.Split("\")).Count } } $Folders = $Folders | Sort Depth -Descending $Deleted = @() foreach ($Folder in $Folders) { if ($Folder.Object.GetFileSystemInfos().Count -eq 0) { $Deleted += New-Object PSObject -Property @{ Folder = $Folder.Object.FullName Deleted = (Get-Date -Format "hh:mm:ss tt") Created = $Folder.Object.CreationTime 'Last Modified' = $Folder.Object.LastWriteTime Owner = (Get-Acl $Folder.Object.FullName).Owner } Remove-Item -Path $Folder.Object.FullName -Force } } exit 0 } catch { write-error "ERROR: line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }