delete-empty

delete-empty

Recursively delete all empty folders in a directory and child directories.

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Install

Install with npm:

$ npm install --save delete-empty

Usage

const deleteEmpty = require('delete-empty');

CLI

To use the delete-empty command from any directory you must first install the package globally with the following command:

$ npm install --global delete-empty

Usage

$ delete-empty [<cwd>] [--dry-run|-d]

• <cwd> (optional) - initial directory to begin the search for empty directories. By default, the current working directory (process.cwd()) is used (note that process.cwd() is only used as the default by the CLI).
• -d, --dry-run (optional) - output empty directories to the terminal, does not delete anything

API

Given the following directory structure, the highlighted directories would be deleted.

foo/
└─┬ a/
-  ├── aa/
  ├── bb/
  │ └─┬ bbb/
  │ │ ├── one.txt
  │ │ └── two.txt
-  ├── cc/
-  ├ b/
-  └ c/

async promise

If no callback is passed, a promise is returned. Returns the array of deleted directories.

deleteEmpty('foo/')
  .then(deleted => console.log(deleted)) //=> ['foo/aa/', 'foo/a/cc/', 'foo/b/', 'foo/c/']
  .catch(console.error);

async callback

Returns the array of deleted directories in the callback.

deleteEmpty('foo/', function(err, deleted) {
  console.log(deleted); //=> ['foo/aa/', 'foo/a/cc/', 'foo/b/', 'foo/c/']
});

sync

Returns the array of deleted directories.

console.log(deleteEmpty.sync('foo/')); //=> ['foo/aa/', 'foo/a/cc/', 'foo/b/', 'foo/c/']

About

Contributing

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.

Running Tests

Running and reviewing unit tests is a great way to get familiarized with a library and its API. You can install dependencies and run tests with the following command:

$ npm install && npm test

Building docs

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To generate the readme, run the following command:

$ npm install -g verbose/verb#dev verb-generate-readme && verb

Related projects

You might also be interested in these projects:

• copy: Copy files or directories using globs. | homepage
• delete: Delete files and folders and any intermediate directories if they exist (sync and async). | homepage
• fs-utils: fs extras and utilities to extend the node.js file system module. Used in Assemble and… more | homepage
• matched: Adds array support to node-glob, sync and async. Also supports tilde expansion (user home) and… more | homepage

Contributors

Commits	Contributor
27	jonschlinkert
2	treble-snake
1	doowb
1	svenschoenung
1	vpalmisano

Author

Jon Schlinkert

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• github/jonschlinkert
• twitter/jonschlinkert

License

Copyright © 2018, Jon Schlinkert. Released under the MIT License.

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