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Use -s test:

#!/bin/perl
# To remove all 0 byte file in a folder
my $dir = "/home/bob/mytemp"; 
while (<$dir/*>) {unlink $_ unless (-s)}

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Update: first line fixed. When testing I had #!/home/edi/perl but I know our installation is unusual, so I just copied the line from the OP to match his environment .. I thought it looked strange!

I leave the parentheses around conditions deliberately. It helps the less perl-literate of my co-workers.

My solution will only delete files in $dir; in the OP it mentions directory and below. find .. -exec rm is the tool to use in that case.

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Re^2: Error in script
by raybies (Chaplain) on Aug 15, 2011 at 16:42 UTC

    Nice.

    Though fix your first line. #! makes us all happy. :)

    (And I don't bother with parens around the -s, but both work fine...)

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