delete-empty

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

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• Install
• Usage
• API
  • async-await (promise)
  • async callback
  • sync
• CLI
• About

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Install

Install with npm:

$ npm install --save delete-empty

Usage

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

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-await (promise)

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

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

// or
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/', (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/']

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

Usage: $ delete-empty <directory> [options]

Directory: (optional) Initial directory to begin the search for empty
           directories. Otherwise, cwd is used.

[Options]:
  -c, --cwd           Set the current working directory for folders to search.
  -d, --dryRun        Do a dry run without deleting any files.
  -h, --help          Display this help menu
  -V, --version       Display the current version of rename
  -v, --verbose       Display all verbose logging messages (currently not used)

About

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

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

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Contributors

| Commits | Contributor |
| --- | --- |
| 31 | jonschlinkert |
| 2 | treble-snake |
| 1 | doowb |
| 1 | svenschoenung |
| 1 | vpalmisano |

Author

Jon Schlinkert

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License

Copyright © 2019, Jon Schlinkert. Released under the MIT License.

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