How to find out if a directory is empty by the terminal?

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I sent some files, via ftp, to put my application into production.

Due to some error occurred in the application, I realized that some files were missing. When I gave a ls I realized that some folders were empty, but I can’t get into one by one to check.

How to list empty pastures on Linux ? Is there any way to do it through the terminal?

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    Try that

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You can use the find to find empty folders, see below:

find . -type d -empty

The . indicates that the search will be performed from the folder in which the command is executed.

Already the type -d indicates that output will be done only by directories (directories).

Finally the -empty indicates that the search will be done by empty directories.

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