find_empty_directories_and_delete_them.ipynb

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    {
      "cell_type": "markdown",
      "source": [
        "MOUNT GOOGLE DRIVE"
      ],
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        "id": "11yBj4LJE4qp"
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      "cell_type": "code",
      "source": [
        "from google.colab import drive\n",
        "drive.mount('/content/drive', force_remount=True)"
      ],
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          "base_uri": "https://localhost:8080/"
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          "text": [
            "Mounted at /content/drive\n"
          ]
        }
      ]
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    {
      "cell_type": "markdown",
      "source": [
        "FIND EMPTY DIRECTORIES"
      ],
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      "source": [
        "import os\n",
        "\n",
        "# Find all empty directories under this root folder (CHANGE TO YOUR ABSOLUTE DIRECTORY PATH)\n",
        "root_dir = ''\n",
        "\n",
        "empty_directories_list = []\n",
        "\n",
        "walk = list(os.walk(root_dir))\n",
        "\n",
        "for path, _, _ in walk[::-1]:\n",
        "    if len(os.listdir(path)) == 0:\n",
        "        empty_directories_list.append(path)\n",
        "\n",
        "print(\"Empty directories:\\n\", empty_directories_list)"
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      "outputs": [
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          "output_type": "stream",
          "name": "stdout",
          "text": [
            "Empty directories:\n",
            " []\n"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "cell_type": "markdown",
      "source": [
        "REMOVE EMPTY DIRECTORIES"
      ],
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        "id": "Z-JTF5LoGp-4"
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    {
      "cell_type": "code",
      "source": [
        "for ed in empty_directories_list:\n",
        "  os.rmdir(ed)"
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      "outputs": []
    }
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