PowerShell/Docs/list-empty-files.md

The list-empty-files.ps1 PowerShell Script

This PowerShell script scans and lists all empty files within the given directory tree.

Parameters

list-empty-files.ps1 [[-DirTree] <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

-DirTree <String>
    Specifies the path to the directory tree
    
    Required?                    false
    Position?                    1
    Default value                
    Accept pipeline input?       false
    Accept wildcard characters?  false

[<CommonParameters>]
    This script supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, 
    WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable.

Example

PS> ./list-empty-files C:\

Notes

Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0

Related Links

https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell

Source Code

<# .SYNOPSIS Lists empty files within a directory tree .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script scans and lists all empty files within the given directory tree. .PARAMETER DirTree Specifies the path to the directory tree .EXAMPLE PS> ./list-empty-files C:
.LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 #>

param([string]$DirTree = "")

try { if ($DirTree -eq "" ) { $DirTree = read-host "Enter the path to the directory tree" }

[int]$Count = 0
write-progress "Listing empty files in $DirTree ..."
get-childItem $DirTree -attributes !Directory -recurse | where {$_.Length -eq 0} | foreach-object {
	write-output $_.FullName
	$Count++
}

"✔️ found $Count empty file(s)" 
exit 0 # success

} catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }

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