Best way to set up in the library?

[bhelm1 1]

One question with this. I left all the folders in place so as I add shows the folder structure is ready. However, when I pull up the Looney Tunes I see all the empty folders and have to go to the very bottom to find the shows at least in folder view. Any way to hide the empty folders?

[yaksplat 58]

double post

Edited September 11, 2020 by yaksplat

[yaksplat 58]

On 9/3/2020 at 9:16 PM, bhelm1 said:

One question with this. I left all the folders in place so as I add shows the folder structure is ready. However, when I pull up the Looney Tunes I see all the empty folders and have to go to the very bottom to find the shows at least in folder view. Any way to hide the empty folders?

use a PowerShell script.  

(gci E:\ServerFolders\Music -r | ? {$_.PSIsContainer -eq $True}) | ?{$_.GetFileSystemInfos().Count -eq 0} | Remove-Item -recurse -whatif

This will show what empty directories would be deleted.  if you like what you see, run it again without the -whatif

[PenkethBoy 2063]

For reference for those that dont read Powershell Aliases here is a more verbose version

 and a little explanation of what does what

also an alternative way - rather than everything on one line.

(Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath "E:\ServerFolders\Music" -Recurse | Where-Object {$_.PSIsContainer -eq $True}) | Where_Object {$_.GetFileSystemInfos().Count -eq 0} | Remove-Item -Recurse -whatif

or another way

# List of only Folders below the path specified with a recursive search
# .PSIsContainer is a folder in PS speak
# -literalPath ensures any path that might have [] within it does not get interpreted as regex

$ListOfDir = Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath 'E:\ServerFolders\Music' -Recurse | Where-Object {$_.PSIsContainer -eq $True}

# filter by empty folders i.e with count of 0 for files/sub folders

$ListOfDir_ToDelete = $ListOfDir | Where_Object {$_.GetFileSystemInfos().Count -eq 0}

# test what would be deleted with -WhatIf
# -Recurse not needed
# will print to console what would be deleted

$ListOfDir_ToDelete | Remove-Item -Whatif

# when happy with result remove the "-whatif"
# NOTE - once deleted they are gone - you will not find them in the recycle bin! So be careful

# if you want to just list the folders then just - will write it to the screen - although not very useful and in the default format :)

$ListOfDir_ToDelete

#or To a File with utf8 encoding to cover any non ASCII characters that may be present in folder names

Write-Output $ListOfDir_ToDelete | Out-File -FilePath "F:\Dir_log.txt" -Encoding utf8

 

Have fun

 

@yaksplat I did this as a lot of users will not be familiar with PS let alone aliases (special place in hell for those that came up with aliases) which i personally hate - but there is nothing wrong in using them  

[KellyEmby 10]

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Edited September 21, 2022 by KellyEmby

[yaksplat 58]

I use Sonarr for maintaining structure and renaming files.  It also keeps track of what's there, what's missing and when shows are on.