Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 12:37:40 +0200 From: "Dan Larsson" <dl@tyfon.net> To: <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Howto determine if directory is empty Message-ID: <NEBBJANJCNNAKCPFKHHFCELOCDAA.dl@tyfon.net>
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I'm currently using this:
if [ -d $mydir -a `cd $mydir; ls -la | wc -l | awk '{print $1}'` -eq 2 ]
then
echo 'empty'
else
echo 'not empty (or not a directory)'
fi
Is there a better way ( preferrably shorter ) to do it?
Regards
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Dan Larsson
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