How to display a file name which has zero bytes in size.
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Answer / safi
we can find using find command.
find / -size 0
This will print all files under / which has 0 size.
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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
#
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Answer / sreehari ck
ls -l <location>
it will display all filenames exclude hidden file names
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Answer / akula
ls -ltr | grep "^-" | sort -nk5 | head -1
or
ls -ltr | grep "^-" | sort -nk5 | head -1 | awk '{ print $9 }'
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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.
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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..........
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