PowerShell/docs/remove-empty-dirs.md

remove-empty-dirs.ps1

This PowerShell script removes all empty subfolders within a directory tree.

Parameters

PS> ./remove-empty-dirs.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> ./remove-empty-dirs C:\Temp

Notes

Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0

Related Links

https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell

Script Content

<#
.SYNOPSIS
	Removes all empty subfolders within a directory tree
.DESCRIPTION
	This PowerShell script removes all empty subfolders within a directory tree.
.PARAMETER DirTree
	Specifies the path to the directory tree
.EXAMPLE
	PS> ./remove-empty-dirs C:\Temp
.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" }

	$Folders = @()
	foreach ($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
		}
	}
	"✔️  Done."
	exit 0 # success
} catch {
	"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
	exit 1
}

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