Re: best way to test for empty dir?

[Chris F.A. Johnson]

On Fri, 11 Dec 2009, Antonio Macchi wrote:

> is_file()
> {
>     [ -f "$1" ] && return
>     return 1
> }
> 
> is_file /path/to/dir/* || echo empty
> 
> 
> 
> you don't need to check more than the first element

    You may need to; it depends on the statement of the problem.

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