PowerShell/Docs/list-empty-dirs.md

The list-empty-dirs.ps1 Script

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

Parameters

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

-DirTree <String>
    Specifies the path to the directory tree
    
    Required?                    false
    Position?                    1
    Default value                "$PWD"
    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-dirs C:\

Notes

Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0

Related Links

https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell

Source Code

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

param([string]$DirTree = "$PWD")

try {
	$DirTree = resolve-path "$DirTree/"
	write-progress "Listing empty directories in $DirTree..."
	[int]$Count = 0
	Get-ChildItem "$DirTree" -attributes Directory -recurse | Where {$_.GetFileSystemInfos().Count -eq 0} | ForEach-Object {
		"📂 $($_.FullName)"
		$Count++
	}
	"✔️ directory tree $DirTree has $Count empty directories" 
	exit 0 # success
} catch {
	"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
	exit 1
}

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