How to display a file name which has zero bytes in size.
Answers were Sorted based on User's Feedback
Answer / safi
we can find using find command.
find / -size 0
This will print all files under / which has 0 size.
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 64 Yes | 1 No |
Answer / likhitha
#try this
#this will give you the answer
find /home/itsme -type f size 0
#this will display all 0 size "files" in /home/itsme
directory
#
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 1 Yes | 1 No |
Answer / sreehari ck
ls -l <location>
it will display all filenames exclude hidden file names
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 1 Yes | 1 No |
Answer / akula
ls -ltr | grep "^-" | sort -nk5 | head -1
or
ls -ltr | grep "^-" | sort -nk5 | head -1 | awk '{ print $9 }'
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 0 Yes | 0 No |
Answer / rajdeep paul
We can find it in a different way also as shown below.
ls -lrtR |grep " 0 "
Although it is better to use find command here.
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 7 Yes | 8 No |
Answer / chinmayee
Hello
By touch command we can create zero byte file.
ex:touch file1 (creating a file)
cat file1 (displaying a file which size is zero)
check..........
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 13 Yes | 36 No |
what are the different commands used to view the contents of a file?
What is grep and sed command?
What is the behavioural difference between cmp and diff commands?
How do you repeat a command in terminal?
what are the different operating systems available?
Is grep faster than awk?
write grep commands to select the lines that have exactly two characters
Write a grep (or grep) command that selects the lines from a file that have exactly three characters.
distinguish between physical addresses and logical address?
What is ctrl d?
Enlist some filename manipulation commands in unix.
What is an Unix command to convert HEX value to ASCII value located in any flat file.