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Asked: 2021-12-08T08:25:49+00:00 In:

Create Batch File To Check Empty Folder

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I need to create a batch file to check through a list of folders and see if it is empty. If it is empty, write the folder name to a text file.

I found a command to check if folder is empty.

To check if folder is empty.
dir “C:\*.*” /b /a | find /v “NoTlIkElY” >nul && echo NOT empty || echo empty

However, I do not know how to create a loop to check through all the folders and output to a text file.

Please help.

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      Stole some of Mechanix’s code ( https://computing.net/answers/pr… ) to check on directory emptiness.

      This code is tested:

      You may need to finetune for special files (hidden, system), but it looks to be working OK:

      @echo on

      set outfile=C:\emptydirs.log
      set where2look=C:\

      del %outfile%

      for /F “tokens=*” %%a in (‘dir %where2look% /B /AD /S’) do (
      dir “%%a” /b > nul 2> nul
      if errorlevel 1 (
      echo Directory “%%a” is empty>> %outfile%
      )
      )

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