On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 11:12:07AM -, Zhi Cheng Wang wrote:
> this seems a very good test, but the system says "[: too may arguments"
Ouch. Sorry, I forgot the quotes. Thanks to everyone who spotted this
and responded while I was on the bus :)
> > how can i test if a directory is empty? at t
On 11:12 07 Mar 2003, Zhi Cheng Wang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
|From: Anand Buddhdev [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
|> On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 08:52:56AM -, Zhi Cheng Wang wrote:
|> > how can i test if a directory is empty? at the moment i use the following method:
|> >
|> > ls -l /dirname | grep
On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Mike Reed wrote:
> He just missed some double quotes.
>
> if [ -z "$(ls -A dirname)" ]; then echo empty; fi
>
> I prefer the $(shell command) syntax rather than the `shell command`. I
> find it easier to read.
> I believe (someone tell me if I'm wrong) that it is now part o
On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Mike Reed wrote:
> He just missed some double quotes.
>
> if [ -z "$(ls -A dirname)" ]; then echo empty; fi
>
> I prefer the $(shell command) syntax rather than the `shell command`. I
> find it easier to read.
> I believe (someone tell me if I'm wrong) that it is now part o
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Sent: 07 March 2003 09:55
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Subject: Re: test empty dir
On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 08:52:56AM -, 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 "
this seems a very good test, but the system says "[: too may arguments"
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From: Anand Buddhdev [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 07 March 2003 09:55
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Subject: Re: test empty dir
On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 08:52:56AM -, Zhi Cheng Wang wrot
On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 08:52:56AM -, 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" w
