How can I list only non-empty files using ls?

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00:00 How Can I List Only Non-Empty Files Using Ls?
00:16 Answer 1 Score 10
00:22 Answer 2 Score 21
01:01 Answer 3 Score 14
01:13 Accepted Answer Score 67
01:22 Thank you

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#linux #commandline #bash #shell #ls

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ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 67

I'd use find dirname -not -empty -ls, assuming GNU find.

ANSWER 2

Score 21

This is a job for find ls is not powerful enough.

find -maxdepth 1 -size +0 -print

-maxdepth 1 - this tells find to search the current dir only, remove to look in all sub dirs or change the number to go down 2, 3 or more levels.

-size +0 this tells find to look for files with size larger than 0 bytes. 0 can be changed to any size you would want.

-print tells find to print out the full path to the file it finds

Edit:
Late addition: You should probably also add the -type f switch above. This tells find to only find files. And as noted in comments below, the -print switch is not really needed.

ANSWER 3

Score 14

ls -l | awk '{if ($5 != 0) print $9}'

If you are intent on using ls, you need a little help from awk.

ANSWER 4

Score 10

find dirname -type f ! -empty