On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 08:52:56AM -0000, Zhi Cheng Wang wrote: > dear gurus > > how can i test if a directory is empty? at the moment i use the following method: > > ls -l /dirname | grep "total 0" > if [ $? ] then ....
This is not a good test. "ls -l" will not reveal dot-files. Use "ls -A" which will list all files, including the dotted ones, but excluding '.' and '..'. if [ -z `ls -A /dirname` ]; then echo "empty"; fi > but I think it is ugly, any pretty way? ... -- Anand Buddhdev http://anand.org -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
