Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 20:12:50 -0400 From: "Thimble Smith" <tim@mysql.com> To: Dan Larsson <dl@tyfon.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Howto determine if directory is empty Message-ID: <20000518201250.A3093@threads.polyesthetic.msg> In-Reply-To: <NEBBJANJCNNAKCPFKHHFCELOCDAA.dl@tyfon.net>; from dl@tyfon.net on Thu, May 18, 2000 at 12:37:40PM %2B0200 References: <NEBBJANJCNNAKCPFKHHFCELOCDAA.dl@tyfon.net>
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On Thu, May 18, 2000 at 12:37:40PM +0200, Dan Larsson wrote:
> if [ -d $mydir -a `cd $mydir; ls -la | wc -l | awk '{print $1}'` -eq 2 ]
You could simplify your version a lot:
if [ `/bin/ls -1a $mydir | wc -l` -eq 2 ]
Tim
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