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Not necessarily. That might not delete directories with only empty subdirectories. You might have to reverse it. find -type d -print0 | tac | xargs -0 rmdir
– Ryan C. Thompson
Commented Sep 11, 2009 at 22:56
I never knew about "tac" before. That's really nifty!
– Anthony Giorgio
Commented Sep 12, 2009 at 1:52
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Or use find (starting-directory) -depth -type d .... The -depth option tells find to do something like reverse the order of the output — it goes to the deepest directory levels first, then works its way back up.
– G-Man Says 'Reinstate Monica'
Commented Jun 21, 2015 at 3:35

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