Question

I have some process which creates some files of 0KB size in a directory and its sub-directories.
How can I delete the files from the file system using the windows command prompt?
Any single command or a script that will do the task will work.

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I can only run simple cmd commands and scripts, working on a remote machine with restricted access.

Answer 1

1. Iterate recursively over the files:

   for /r %F in (*)
   

2. Find out zero-length files:

   if %~zF==0
   

3. Delete them:

   del "%F"
   

Putting it all together:

for /r %F in (*) do if %~zF==0 del "%F"

If you need this in a batch file, then you need to double the %:

for /r %%F in (*) do if %%~zF==0 del "%%F"

Note: I was assuming that you meant files of exactly 0 Bytes in length. If with 0 KB you mean anything less than 1000 bytes, then above if needs to read if %~zF LSS 1000 or whatever your threshold is.