How can I list only non-empty files using ls?
How can I list (using ls
) all files that are not empty (size > 0) using linux?
Solution 1:
I'd use find dirname -not -empty -ls
, assuming GNU find.
Solution 2:
This is a job for find ls is not powerful enough.
find -maxdepth 1 -size +0 -print
-maxdepth 1
- this tells find to search the current dir only, remove to look in all sub dirs or change the number to go down 2, 3 or more levels.
-size +0
this tells find to look for files with size larger than 0
bytes. 0
can be changed to any size you would want.
-print
tells find to print out the full path to the file it finds
Edit:
Late addition: You should probably also add the -type f
switch above. This tells find to only find files. And as noted in comments below, the -print
switch is not really needed.